Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/02
By: Chen Chun-hua and Flor Wang
Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Taiwan welcomes a Chinese reporter who has been denied an entry
Chinese reporter Ye Qinglin (Image taken from Ye’s Facebook fan page)
permit to re-apply, as long as he cools down and refrains from making emotional remarks, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) said Monday.
Chen was referring to Ye Qinglin (葉青林), a reporter with Fujian- based China Southeast TV, and said he is welcome to re-apply for an entry permit to cover news in Taiwan.
Chen’s remarks came after Ma Xiaoguang (馬曉光), spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office under China’s State Council, said at a June 27 regular news conference that Taiwan has set a bad precedent in cross- Taiwan Strait journalist exchanges by refusing to issue an entry permit to Ye.
Ye was denied an entry permit to re-enter Taiwan because a report he made about the Hualien earthquake that occurred in February this year was “quite twisted,” Chen said.
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