Nonetheless, Chung was accused by a senior legislator of being one of three figures plotting Taiwanese independence (along with Kao Yu-shu and Tao Pai-chuan). In communist China, Deng Xiaoping also directed criticism his way during radio addresses broadcast to Taiwan.
不過他也因此被立法院「資深」立委點名，列為「台獨三巨頭」之一（另兩位為高玉樹與陶百川）；中共方面，鄧小平更不時在對台廣播中以他為「喊話」對象。