Taiwan has criticised and threatened to fine two pop singers after they agreed to perform patriotic songs on a Chinese TV show celebrating the country’s upcoming National Day. The Taiwanese stars, Ouyang Nana, 20, and Angela Chang, 38, are scheduled to appear on state television tomorrow and sing nationalistic songs such as ‘My Motherland’, a performance seen by as a propaganda coup for Beijing. A raft of the country’s most popular singers and actors will appear on the show and perform patriotic songs, including the 20-year-old musician Ouyang Nana and 38-year-old singer Angela Chang. Nana, known as a cellist and the daughter of a famous Taiwanese politician and an actress, has won extreme popularity in China after actively appearing on Chinese TV shows. In recent months Taiwan has reported a sharp rise in incursions by Chinese warplanes into its air defence identification zone (ADIZ).

Source: Daily Mail September 29, 2020 13:41 UTC