US democracy summit cuts feed after presenting map showing Taiwan independence

Published December 13, 2021 5:38pm ET



Shortly after a Taiwanese minister displayed a map depicting her country as separate and independent from China during the U.S. democracy summit, her feed was cut.

Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang showed a map during last week’s Summit for Democracy that not only showed China and Taiwan as separate countries but also said China was “closed” and that the island was “open” politically, according to Reuters.

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