The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at Biden’s Summit for Democracy

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A slide show by a Taiwanese minister caused consternation among U.S. officials after a map appeared in her video feed for about a minute showing Taiwan in a different colour to China

The White House was concerned that differentiating Taiwan and China on a map in a U.S.-hosted conference - to which Taiwan had been invited in a show of support at a time when it is under intense pressure from Beijing - could be seen as being at odds with Washington’s “one-China” policy, which avoids taking a position as to whether Taiwan is part of China, the sources said.

Tang’s presentation included a colour-coded map from South African NGO CIVICUS, ranking the world by openness on civil rights. Washington complained to Taiwan’s government, which in turn was angry that Tang’s video had been cut. Asked whether she believed the U.S. government cut the video due to the slide, Tang told Reuters in an email: “No, I do not believe that this has anything to do with the CIVICUS map in my slides, or U.S. allies in Asia for that matter.”The issue comes at a highly sensitive time for U.S.

 

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