Taipei Times
Date: Jan 19, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
A TV show featuring and produced by Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin (林心如) is again being streamed on a Chinese online video platform and other streaming services after being pulled at the end of last month amid claims that it had received “pro-independence sponsorship.”
My Dear Boy (我的男孩) was pulled from broadcast in Guangdong Province on Dec. 31 over a NT$20 million (US$676,544) subsidy the producers received from the Ministry of Culture.
Lin’s studio on Jan. 7 issued a statement saying that rumors about her supporting independence were “malicious lies and are causing serious damage to her reputation.”
“Ms Ruby Lin has never supported and will never support any pro-independence discourses or actions,” the statement added. [FULL STORY]