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Date: 2018/08/16
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)

The Presidential Office is accusing of China was imposing its ideology on the international community and infringing on free speech, after netizens there attacked the 85C Bakery Café chain.

Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺) said the actions by Chinese online commentators aimed at hindering the world market order and freedom of speech are “uncivilized.”

The statements come after Chinese posters flooded the company’s Weibo sites to accuse it of being a pro-Taiwan independence following a visit Aug. 14 by President Tsai Ying-wen (蔡英文) to one of its Los Angeles branches, during which she signed a pillow and posed for pictures.

The cafe has now closed its Weibo site and issued a statement expressing support for the “1992 consensus” after an editorial in China’s state-run Global Times newspaper urged it to do so or risk a boycott of its outlets in China.    [FULL  STORY]