Taiwan firm with mainland branches fires nephew of Taipei minister invoking ire in Beijing

A Taiwanese company with mainland subsidiaries has fired the nephew of Taiwan’s interior minister, whom Beijing deems responsible for Taipei’s hostile policies towards the mainland. The mainland subsidiary of Taiwan’s Long Time Technology Co. Ltd in Shanggao county, Jiangxi province, issued a statement on Wednesday night saying Yen Wen-chun, the nephew of Taiwan’s interior minister Liu Shyh-fang, was dismissed from all positions he held at Long Time Technology and its mainland subsidiaries fr...

By William Zheng