2026-10-05
On October 5, Chao Yen-ching, head of Taiwan's office in Munich, told the Central News Agency that the Chinese consulate-general in Munich had asked a local literary museum to cancel a lecture by Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-tzu and had offered to fund a Chinese writer as a replacement, a request the museum refused; the museum director confirmed this in person.
2026-10-01
On October 1, Yang Shuangzi's lecture was held in Munich, and the on-site interpreter rendered the huge threat from China that she mentioned as "a very big neighbor," with the host adding that it referred to China. Chunshan Publishing said that subsequent events will instead have Lin Yu-li serve as interpreter.