Report: China’s Influence Operations Targeting Quanzhen Taoist Communities in Taiwan and the West

This report, authored by Mattias Swenson Daly for Religioscope, explores the global expansion of the Quanzhen sect of Taoism and how the Chinese Communist Party has used it as a tool of influence through the United Front Work Department (UFWD). It examines the sect’s spread to Taiwan and the West since the late 20th century and analyzes how the UFWD leverages Quanzhen’s religious activities to promote pro-CCP messaging and exert both soft and sharp power abroad.