Taiwan Stands by Revoking Residency of Chinese Influencer 'Yaya'

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Taiwan's main government body handling affairs with China, the Mainland Affairs Council, has stood by the country's decision to revoke the residency of Chinese influencer "Yaya" for promoting unification of Taiwan with China by military force.

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00:00It's a hard no for Chinese influencer Yaya and her quest to keep her Taiwanese residency

00:07after Taipei revoked it for her public videos that propose unification with China by military

00:14force.

00:15It's a message that's drawn widespread criticism in Taiwan, a self-ruled country where most

00:26people identify as Taiwanese, but Beijing has repeatedly threatened to invade it.

00:33Yaya, who posted her content on Chinese social media platform Douyin to almost 450,000 followers,

00:41had gained the right to live in Taiwan by marrying a Taiwanese citizen.

00:46Taiwan's main government body dealing with cross-strait affairs with China is standing

00:50by the move to revoke her residency and the order for her to leave Taiwan within 10 days.

01:12Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has also been doubling down on combating Chinese infiltration

01:19With new national security measures against what Lai says is a foreign hostile force amid

01:25cases of China-linked espionage in Taiwan's military and pressure on Taiwanese entertainers

01:32to take a pro-China stance to tap into its lucrative market.

01:37As for Yaya, the influencer is trying to appeal her order to leave, saying her family is at

01:43stake.

01:52Taiwan says public messages that pose harm to national security and social stability

01:57are judged for their severity case by case, but says something as far as proposing a Chinese

02:04military takeover, a clear red line that harms Taiwan and the freedom it's working to protect.

02:11Andy Xue and Joyce Sun, for Taiwan Plus.

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