Diplomacy

Audrey Tang Video Feed Cut

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The video transmission was cut while Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang was speaking during the Virtual Summit for Democracy. It happened while she was showing a map representing the level of civic freedoms in Asia—with China and Taiwan in different colors. When the moderator asked Tang further questions, her feed was cut and replaced with a name card. Many are now wondering if there were political implications at play. Bing Wang reports.