TAIPEI -- The recent decision by Taiwanese authorities to force Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television to exit the island shows how Taipei now views the former British colony as no different from mainland China.
Taiwan's move came after the pro-Beijing broadcaster transferred ownership to a Chinese government-owned company last year. The Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan's government body that oversees policy on China, said in an April 7 news conference that changes in Phoenix TV's funding and "stock transfer" had turned it into a Chinese entity.
