Taiwan Says Beauty Queen Excluded From Malaysian Event Stage Due to China’s Interference

Taiwan Says Beauty Queen Excluded From Malaysian Event Stage Due to China’s Interference
The Chinese and Taiwanese printed flags, on April 28, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Aldgra Fredly
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Taiwan’s government on Wednesday accused China of exerting pressure on Malaysian technology event organizers to block a Taiwanese beauty queen from waving the self-ruled island’s national flag onstage.

The incident happened during the World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT) opening ceremony, which featured contestants from the Miss Asia Global Pageant greeting attendees in their native language and waving their national flags onstage.