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Protecting the essential culture of Taiwan

Omi Wilang 歐蜜偉浪

The Puzangalan Children’s Choir, whose members are Paiwan Aborigines and whose name means “hope” in Paiwan, performed the national anthem during President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inauguration ceremony. The choir had been invited to a choir festival in China’s Guangdong Province next month, but after their inauguration performance, they were told that the invitation had been withdrawn because China thought that their “status” was “too sensitive.”

Hong Kong bookseller defies orders, leads protest

Taipei Times

Lam Wing-kei, center, participates in a protest march with pro-democracy lawmakers and supporters in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: Reuters

A Hong Kong bookseller who said he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China led a protest march yesterday defying Beijing as pressure grows for authorities to answer questions over the case.

Taiwanese turned away from UN building in NY

Taipei Times

A woman on a bike rides past the UN headquarters in New York on April 13.
Photo: AFP

Taiwanese tourists visiting New York are being denied entry to the UN headquarters, a Washington conference was told on Wednesday.

The conference heard it was a new development and most likely the result of “interference” from China.

China rescinds invite to patriotic children’s choir

Taipei Times

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen sings national song with the Puzangalan Children’s Choir during the inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 20, 2016.
Photo: AP

China has rescinded an invitation to the Puzangalan Children’s Choir, in an apparent retaliation to its performance of the Republic of China (ROC) national anthem at President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inaugural ceremony, sources said yesterday.

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