Taiwan claims discrimination against their beauty queen by Malaysia
TAIPEI: On Wednesday, Taipei accused China of pressuring Malaysian trade event organizers to crack down on a Taiwanese beauty queen who waved the island flag on stage.
During the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Innovative Technology Conference (WCIT), Miss Taiwan’s Cao Manjun was photographed crying as other contestants appeared on stage, according to Taiwanese authorities.
Taiwan‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “China is pressuring the Malaysian organizers to ban Kao from raising the national flag on stage,” and filed a formal complaint with the organizers to the Malaysian representative office. He added that he had instructed them to file a complaint. Beijing sees the island as an autonomous democracy as part of its territory and will one day be forcibly confiscated if necessary. celebrities are often offended by hoisting the Taiwanese flag.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry said such a crackdown “will only add to the disgust of the Taiwanese people and the international community,” and accused Beijing of “heinous behavior.”
Taiwan claims discrimination against their beauty queen by Malaysia
Taiwanese media reported that Kao was stopped just before taking the stage while other participants waved their country’s flags.
AFP has reached out to his WCIT for comment. Celebrities like US pop stars Madonna and Katy Perry have sparked outrage in China in the past for raising the Taiwanese flag, which the Chinese government sees as a sign of support for the island’s independence.
In 2016, a K-pop singer in her teens in Taiwan was forced to apologize for waving her flag during her online broadcast, saying she is an independence advocate in China. anger and condemnation ensued.
Her video apology went viral on the day of Taiwan’s 2016 presidential election, giving Taiwan a landslide victory over Tsai Ing-wen as its first female leader.
The Chinese government does not consider the islands to be part of China, so after the victory, China suspended all ties with Taiwan and increased military pressure.
