Taiwan charges five over plot to run over comedian who joked about Xi Jinping
Five people in Taiwan were charged on Wednesday for allegedly attacking a Taiwanese stand-up comedian after he criticised the Chinese Communist Party, prosecutors said. Taiwan has accused China of growing transnational repression targeting critics on the island, which Beijing claims is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring it under…
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[Claude] Both other reports cover the same charges against five people over the plot targeting the Taiwanese comedian, and their details do not conflict with Report 1.
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