Shanghai woman frequently targeted Chinese leaders in sharp tweets
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/05
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A social commentator in China has reportedly gone missing after
Tang Yantao (image from Twitter).
posting online criticism of the government for luring Taiwan’s diplomatic allies away.
Since 2016, five of the island’s official allies have switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing, mostly due to financial considerations and promises of major aid packages.
Tang Yantao (唐燕濤), a woman from Shanghai also known as Tang Tang, slammed the practice in one of her many messages on Weibo and Twitter, the Liberty Times reported. On September 29, she was taken away by police and has not been seen in public since, though she is believed to have been held at a police station.
Tang is known for posting illustrations online with texts frequently criticizing government policies, according to the Liberty Times. She had been commenting on recent incidents such as the trade war with the United States as well as making unfavorable comparisons between Communist China and Nazi Germany. [FULL sTORY]
