Biography
Chang was born into a family of doctors in Fengyuan Township, Taichung County. During his junior high school years, his family fell into financial hardship following the 1999 Jiji earthquake, and he had to drop out of school temporarily to work part-time to support his family. In high school, he witnessed the first change of ruling parties in Taiwan and the ensuing political tensions on campus.
In 2005, he was admitted to the Department of Automation Engineering at Far East University, where he first came into contact with Marxist thought. After graduating in 2008, he joined a study tour to the Chinese mainland. That same year, he was accepted into the Graduate Institute of mainland China Studies at National Quemoy University, where he studied under Professor Gao Hui, focusing on the changes in the power structure of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Long March. During his studies, he visited Xiamen University to explore the possibility of joining the CCP.
In 2013, he was admitted to the School of International Studies at Peking University. He later retraced the route of the Red Army's Long March and, after passing the assessment by the university's CCP branch, became a member of the CCP. During his doctoral studies, he participated in a teaching support program in the Inner Mongolia region. [2] [1] [3] [4]
After obtaining his doctoral degree in 2017, he served as a researcher in the field of economic and social studies at the National Academy of Science and Technology Innovation, focusing on Taiwan-related issues. [5]
After settling in Xiamen in 2022, he started his own business and launched the WeChat official account "Cross-Strait in the Same Boat". [6]
In September 2025, he was invited to attend the Victory Day Parade in Beijing. In October, he was invited to participate in the event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Retrocession of Taiwan, hosted by the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots. [7]
Residence Permit issue
On New Year's Day 2024, Chang obtained a Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents in Fujian, becoming one of the first cases under the new residence system, which was publicly reported by official mainland Chinese media. [8] At that time, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) responded that applying for a residence permit did not require household registration in the mainland, and therefore did not trigger the provision in the Cross-Strait Regulations regarding "status conversion to a person of the mainland area". He did not actually establish household registration in the mainland thereafter, and his residence permit expired after its six-month validity period. [9] [10]
On April 16, 2025, the MAC issued a new legal interpretation, deeming the acquisition of a residence permit as equivalent to having household registration. According to Taiwan's administrative law, administrative interpretations may be retroactive. To enforce the above interpretation, it announced in June 2025 that Chang had lost his status as a person of the Taiwan region. Chang then initiated administrative appeal and litigation relief procedures. A spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded that the residence permit is not a mainland household registration document and criticized the Lai administration's move for harming the rights and interests of Taiwan compatriots. [11] [12] [13]
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