Mainland China jail term for Taiwanese ‘separatist’ prompts travel warning from Taipei

Mainland China jail term for Taiwanese ‘separatist’ prompts travel warning from Taipei

A Taiwanese political activist has been sentenced to nine years in prison in mainland China on charges of “separatism”, a cross-strait first prompting an official travel warning from Taipei. Yang Chih-yuan, 34, was formally arrested in April last year, eight months after being detained in the eastern mainland city of Wenzhou. According to the Taiwan … Read more