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Tourist fights ‘one China’ corner with YouTube interviewer in fiery debate on streets of Taiwan

  • Encounter was filmed in July but reached mainland audience on Tuesday
  • Tourist reveals his exasperation with Taiwan’s ‘selective reporting’

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An interview with a tourist from eastern China, named Yang, who defended Beijing’s ‘one China’ policy on the streets of Taiwan, has gone viral on the mainland. Photo: Weibo
Sue Ng

A tourist from eastern China became an online celebrity on Tuesday after video of his fiery street debate over cross-strait relations with a YouTube broadcaster in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung was watched millions of times by mainland viewers.

The eight-minute interview with the visitor from Shandong province, surnamed Yang, was one of several conducted and published in July by political YouTube channel 2kidstw and looked at “cross-strait relations with Chinese people”.

The interviewer randomly selected tourists and asked for their opinions about the issues and candidates in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election.

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“I would support the island to return to mainland China as soon as possible,” said Yang, who then asked: “They [people in Taiwan] do not want to come back to mainland China?”

The Chinese tourist, named Yang, who argued Beijing’s Taiwan policy on the streets of southern Kaohsiung city, has become a social media star with mainland audiences. Photo: Weibo
The Chinese tourist, named Yang, who argued Beijing’s Taiwan policy on the streets of southern Kaohsiung city, has become a social media star with mainland audiences. Photo: Weibo
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“Most of them do not want to,” the interviewer said.

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