China Pressures Influential Taiwanese Band Ahead of Elections, Sources Say

FILE - Taiwan pop band Mayday at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards in Taipei on June 23, 2012. An election campaign billboard showing Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Ching-te, right, his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim, left, and legislative candidate Hsu Shu-Hua is seen on a building in Taipei on Dec. 28, 2023.

China has pressured an influential Taiwanese rock band called Mayday to make pro-China comments ahead of Taiwan's key elections next month, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation and a Taiwan security note reviewed by Reuters.