Taiwan Bans Concert By Chinese Rapper Over Insulting 바카라�Taipei, China바카라� Promotional Materials

Taiwan has cancelled a planned Taipei concert by a Chinese rapper after he used the insulting term 바카라�Taipei, China바카라� in promotional materials.

Wang Yitai바카라�s scheduled Sept. 14 concert has been scrapped and the performer from the southwestern city of Chengdu banned from the island, the Taiwanese government바카라�s Mainland Affairs Council announced late Sunday.

The term is insulting because it describes Taipei, the island바카라�s capital, as a Chinese city under Beijing바카라�s rule, echoing the government바카라�s position on eventually annexing Taiwan by force if necessary and denigrating the island바카라�s lively democracy.

Not widely known outside China, Wang is signed to a rap label in Chengdu, a city with a lively arts scene that has become famous for eclectic performers and venues.

Its also home to the rap group CD Rev, which won international notoriety for hard-line nationalist tracks including ones that compare Taiwan to the semi-autonomous Chinese city Hong Kong and made obscene and misogynist references to former President Tsai Ing-wen.

China regularly bans Taiwanese artists, many of whom are popular in the mainland, for any sign of support for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party that favors the island바카라�s de-facto independence from China.

Former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley calls for more international support for Taiwan.

While Taiwan regularly welcomes Chinese artists and its government considers musical interactions in a positive light, the Mainland Affairs Council said that 바카라�cross-strait exchanges should be conducted based on the principles of reciprocity and mutual respect, and any publications or promotions that belittle Taiwan바카라�s status will not be tolerated.바카라�

While Taiwan바카라�s official name is the Republic of China, after the government that fled to the island in 1950 amid civil war, it is widely known simply as Taiwan, and competes at the Olympics as 바카라�Chinese Taipei바카라� in deference to Beijing, whose pressure has reduced the island바카라�s number of formal diplomatic allies to just 12.