After posting videos that support the idea of China occupying Taiwan with force, a Taiwanese influencer living there is required to leave the island within days or be deported, according to Chinese authorities.
The decision comes at a time when there are growing cross-strait tensions and growing suspicions of Chinese control activities on the political area.
The influencer’s visa was revoked by Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency ( NIA ), which stated that her behavior “promotes the end of Taiwan’s sovereignty and is unacceptable in Taiwanese society.”
Authorities identified the influencer as Liu, and she had moved from island China to Taiwan on a contingent immigration after wed a Japanese person.
According to local media reports, Liu has until March 24 to abandon Taiwan.
According to an NIA statement released on Saturday, she may not be able to apply for another contingent visa for five years.
Liu often articles pro-Beijing criticism movies with her younger daughter on social media as Yaya in Taiwan.
Liu echoes China’s claim that Taiwan is” an inseparable part of China” in the video, which refers to the beach as” Taiwan county.”
Taiwan, which is self-governed by China, is a part of its territory, and it has not ruled out using force against it. However, Taiwan sees itself as different from China.
According to Liu,” the full integration of the country is a need, regardless of what the Chinese people want,” she said in a movie on Douyin, the Taiwanese equivalent of TikTok, where she has 480, 000 followers.
She continued,” Peaceful unification is much harder than forceful unification.” The Taiwanese people’s choices are dependent on them.
Liu stated on Douyin in February that she “would never back down” as criticism against her videos mounted.
She later stated that she was” trying to promote the good on both sides” through her videos and that she wanted to “eliminate the chasm between people.”
She said,” I’m just analysing objectively and sharing my own opinions.” ” Those who support Taiwan’s independence are the ones who harm Taiwanese society the most.”
Interior minister Liu Shyh-fang, who criticized her remarks, said that the right to free speech was” not an excuse” for calling for Taiwan’s invasion.
In Taiwan, Liu is one of more than 400,000 Chinese spouses whose lives are increasingly being closely watched as cross-strait tensions rise.
Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te called for tighter control of cross-strait exchanges, which he claimed were seen by China as a way to” create internal divisions” in Taiwan, in a slate of measures released last week to combat Chinese influence and infiltration on the island.