Xiaohongshu Banned for a Year in Taiwan – Dec. 5, 2025

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Taiwan cuts access to Chinese app Xiaohongshu for repeatedly ignoring scam and harmful content complaints. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council says Beijing is ignoring proper protocols for repatriating Taiwanese ex-convicts. And a bipartisan group of US senators introduce a bill to lock in the US's current chip export restrictions to China. Plus: - What happens to dolphins and their trainers when the shows end for good? TaiwanPlus visits one of Taiwan's last ocean parks with these performances to find out. - Taiwan's Supreme Court has upheld sentences for former soldiers convicted of spying for China. - Hong Kong is holding elections just over a week after a deadly apartment complex fire. Some city residents are calling the decision to continue with the vote disrespectful.