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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes

Comedian Huang Yi-hao, in a blue traditional jacket, gestures while speaking on stage
Huang Yi-hao was left with a bruised pelvis after the men rammed him with a car while he was riding his scooter. Photograph: Huang Yi-hao/Facebook

Taiwanese prosecutors have charged five men over a plot to ram a car into a comedian who made fun of the Chinese Communist party and Xi Jinping.

Taiwan has repeatedly accused China of transnational repression to silence critics on the self-governed island, which Beijing claims as its territory and has vowed to take by force if necessary.

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