The FBI is opening a federal hate crime investigation to determine what charges could be brought against the suspected gunman, David Chou of Las Vegas, after a Sunday afternoon attack in Laguna Woods killed one person and wounded five others.
For Taiwan — and its diaspora — political tensions with China have loomed over the island for decades. China regards Taiwan, a democracy, as a renegade province that needs to be returned to the mainland. Most countries, including the U.S., do not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, though theChina has intensified its claim to Taiwan over the last century. The island used to be ruled by the Nationalists, who had fled to the island from China after being defeated by the Communist Party in 1949.
The targeting of a Presbyterian church was immediately noticed by scholars who follow China-Taiwan relations, such as Lev Nachman, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Fairbanks Center For China Studies.Nachman said the Presbyterian church in Taiwan, and among Taiwanese Americans, is known for supporting the pro-Taiwan independence movement.
“When Taiwanese began to flee to the United States, Taiwanese Presbyterian churches became these community centers for the independence cause in the United States,” Nachman said. “These Presbyterian churches became the base of operations for many pro-independence movements.” With the shooting investigation pending and important details about the suspect’s motives and background still missing, Taiwan-China watchers warned against extrapolating a political narrative from a single tragedy.
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