Taiwan on Monday deported a Japanese man and barred his re-entry after he and another compatriot filmed a video waving mainland China's national flag and declaring "Taiwan belongs to China," the island's immigration agency said. The video, filmed in Taipei's bustling Ximending district, showed the two men using a microphone…

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Taiwan on Monday deported a Japanese man and barred his re-entry after he and another compatriot filmed a video waving mainland China’s national flag and declaring “Taiwan belongs to China,” the island’s immigration agency said.

  • toad31@lemmy.cif.suEnglish
    25·
    22 hours ago

    That’s actually fucking stupid. Let people say what they want.

    Both sides are descending into mob rule, which is why both sides can go fuck themselves with a rake.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      15 hours ago

      Let people say what they want.

      No if he was Taiwanese, that would actually be treason. There’s an ongoing campaign by China in Taiwan not unlike what Russia did in USA to get Trump elected, and to get UK to vote Brexit.

      Taiwan absolutely needs to not allow Chinese propaganda that undermines Taiwan democracy.
      Hostile propaganda <> free speech.