Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Xiao Meiqin, tweeted on Wednesday that the Chinese Embassy in India had warned the Indian mainstream media about their “Double Ten” National Day advertisements, and expressed concern about whether the Indian press would succumb to China’s restrictions on freedom of expression.
According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency, two mainstream Indian newspapers, The Indian Express and The Statesman, published full-page “Double Ten” National Day advertisements and previewed a special report on Taiwan on the local television channel WION.
The incident immediately triggered a backlash from China. The Chinese Embassy in India sent a letter that night, warning Indian media that mentioned “Taiwan National Day” in their coverage not to violate the “One China” principle, and stating that “Taiwan is a part of China. There is only one China, and Indian media should not refer to Taiwan as a country and call the “leader of the Taiwan region” as President or Taiwan as the Republic of China.
Several Indian media professionals, including WION’s foreign and defense correspondent Cipo and independent journalist and program host Kaul, tweeted and posted a warning letter from the Chinese Embassy in India, and questioned whether China was “indirectly threatening Indian media covering Taiwan.
Some Indian netizens criticized China for its daily infiltration, intimidation, and interference in the internal affairs of other countries, but at the same time claimed that all its crimes were internal affairs and threatened all countries not to comment on them. Others “educate” China that respect for territorial integrity is a two-way street, and that China should respect “one India” and recognize Kashmir and Ladakh as part of India’s territory.
It is reported that Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that day also reposted Indian media people choke China’s tweets, and stressed that India is the largest democracy on earth, with a vibrant and freedom-loving people; but it looks like Communist China wants to enter the Indian subcontinent through the implementation of censorship, and Taiwan’s Indian friends have only one reply: “Get out!
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