China's Taiwan Exclusion Push Moves Into Human Rights Forums

Beijing has extended its campaign to exclude Taiwanese representatives beyond traditional multilateral bodies into digital rights and human rights conferences. RightsCon 2026, the world's largest human rights-technology summit, was canceled in Zambia after Chinese diplomatic pressure over planned Taiwanese civil society participation. The shift signals Beijing is now treating human rights venues as terrain where Taiwan's exclusion matters—broadening a strategy previously confined to technical governance and security forums.