MAC condemns China for suppressing free speechBy Chen Yu-fu and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday condemned Beijing for suppressing freedom of speech and the press after a Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) said that Gusa Press (八旗文化) editor-in-chief Li Yanhe’s (李延賀) sentencing was a “punishment for Taiwanese independence die-hards.”Li, commonly known by his pen name Fucha (富察), was arrested and detained by Chinese national security authorities when he was visiting relatives in China in March 2023. Gusa Press editor-in-chief Li Yanhe is pictured in an undated screen grab from his Facebook page under his pen name, Fucha. The NPC yesterday delivered a work report on the Chinese Supreme People’s Court and the Chinese Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP). The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sentenced Li simply to suppress freedom of speech and publication, the MAC said. Such suppression reflected the CCP’s autocratic nature, which reminds Taiwanese of their democratic way of life, it said.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2026 17:16 UTC