Taipei Times
Date: Aug 08, 2019
By: Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday urged China to cease its interference in cross-strait cultural interactions, after Beijing announced that it would ban all Chinese films and actors from this year’s Golden Horse Awards.
Such acts would only cause the international community — as well as both sides of the Taiwan Strait — to see China in an unfavorable light, the council said.
The Golden Horse Awards enjoy great international renown and participating is considered to be a great honor, it said.
China should respect the right of Chinese directors and actors to attend the festival and allow people across the Strait to share their works with each other, it added. [FULL STORY]