US appears to cut video feed of Taiwanese minister at summit
by Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent from on (#5SZZ9)
White House accused of trying to avoid antagonising Beijing by replacing feed during map presentation
The White House has been accused of cutting the video feed of a Taiwanese minister after a map in the official's slide presentation showed the island in a different colour to China's during last week's Summit for Democracy, in an effort to avoid antagonising Beijing.
Reuters news agency reported that during a panel discussion on Friday, the video feed showing Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister, was replaced with audio only.
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