Taiwan's security thinkers are warning that a generation raised without lessons about Chinese communism is walking into a political trap, and they want schools and criminal law changed to fix it.

• A forum in Taipei called for an "anti-communism 2.0" — dropping the old dream of retaking the mainland and focusing on self-defense instead.
• Over two million Taiwanese traveled to China in the first half of this year, many in organized tour groups, ignoring the risk of being detained and disappearing.
• Yu Tsung-chi, former head of Taiwan's political warfare college, wants politics made a required university subject and communism taught as a core course.
• Taiwan's security agencies say close to 40 schools now host communist-linked student clubs.
• He also wants harsher prison terms for people inside Taiwan who help Beijing hunt down dissidents abroad, matching a trend in other countries.

Outlook: Expect pressure on Taipei to tighten laws on cross-border repression, while youth travel to China keeps rising and the education fight drags on.