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Chinese Embassy Pressures Indian Media Ahead of Taiwan’s National Day Celebrations

Chinese Embassy Pressures Indian Media Ahead of Taiwan’s National Day Celebrations
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen (C) waves during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2019. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—The nonprofit organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced the Chinese embassy in India for violating India’s press freedoms after the embassy sent a letter to Indian media instructing them on how to cover Taiwan’s upcoming National Day celebration.

The self-ruled island celebrates National Day every year on Oct. 10, which marks the start of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that overthrew the Qing Dynasty emperor and established a republican form of government.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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