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China’s 9-year jail term for Taiwanese activist on ‘separatism’ charges will have chilling effect
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The sentencing comes after China’s issuing of legal guidelines on June 21, which define Taiwanese independence as a crime.
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TAIPEI – A Taiwanese activist arrested in China in 2022 after travelling there to take part in competitions for the board game Go was recently handed a nine-year jail sentence
This is the first time that China has jailed a Taiwanese person on such charges, according to Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).
