Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/18
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) Taiwan welcomes all filmmakers to visit and enjoy the freedom
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) / CNA file photo
of speech available to everyone in the country including visitors, but the views of the Taiwanese people should be respected, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Sunday.
Tsai was responding to the debate between netizens in Taiwan and China over the acceptance speech given by Taiwanese documentary director Fu Yu (傅榆) at the 55th Golden Horse Awards ceremony on Saturday.
“I hope one day my country will be treated as an independent entity,” said Fu, whose film “Our Youth in Taiwan”– which focuses on the 2014 Sunflower Movement against a proposed trade deal with China — won this year’s best Documentary Award.
Later, award-winning Chinese actor Tu Men (涂們) said when he went on the stage that he was honored to present an award at the Golden Horse Awards ceremony in “China Taiwan” and that he felt “both sides are like family.” [FULL STORY]