New efforts in a rescue campaign calling for the release of Taiwanese citizen detained in China were made recently, ahead of talks between Taiwanese and Chinese officials.
Concerned relatives recently informed the de facto diplomatic missions of 39 foreign embassies in Taiwan of the arrest of Chung Ting-pang, a Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner. The family has also enlisted the support of local politicians, stepping up a campaign aimed to securing the release of their loved one.
Ten thousand demonstrators marched through the streets of Taiwan protesting “under-the-table talks” the day before China’s top envoy to Taiwan, arrived in Taichung