Interview with Taiwan minister removed after complaint from Chinese Embassy

Description

On 12 November 2023, the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok published a public statement objecting to a Thai news outlet's published interview with Joseph Wu, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan), which is regarded by Beijing as its breakaway province. The embassy likened the interview to "an abuse of the freedom of press" and asks that "the relevent media could respect the territorial and sovereign integrity of China, earnestly correct the mistakes, and prevent actions that hurt the Chinese people’s sentiments from happening again." While the statement did not identify any news agency by name, it was released a week after the Thai public broadcaster, ThaiPBS, aired an interview with minister Wu on its channel. Following the embassy's statement, ThaiPBS quickly removed the interview in question without any explanation, raising concerns over possible self-censorship or external influence.

Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Not applicable
Status of journalists
Unknown
Gender
Unknown
Age
Unknown
Country
Bangkok
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Unknown
Gender
Unknown
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Disinformation/discredit (including deep fakes)
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