Taiwan says beauty queen barred from waving flag in Malaysia
Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organisers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty queen waving the island’s flag on stage.
Taipei accused China on Wednesday of pressuring organisers of a Malaysian trade event into barring a Taiwanese beauty queen waving the island’s flag on stage.
China warned Taiwanese firms against supporting the island’s independence, hours after state media said a Taiwanese conglomerate was fined by mainland regulators as tensions flare between Taipei and Beijing.
Ken Young and Kylie Wang, hosts of a popular daily news podcast, say they feel Taiwanese and not Chinese — a belief shared by many young people on the self-ruled island.
Senators on Wednesday night moved to “declassify” the confidentiality of the testimony of John Paul Solano, one of the principal suspects in the hazing slay of freshman law student, Horacio “Atio” Castillo III, given in an executive session in the upper chamber.
Asian markets turned negative on Wednesday as Republicans’ struggle to push through controversial health care legislation fuels concerns about the chances of Donald Trump passing his much-vaunted economic agenda.
Indeed, there are rewards for those who joined him in his campaign.