White House edited out Taiwan map in video from democracy summit, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Chinese, Taiwanese flags and military airplanes displayed in this illustration
FILE PHOTO: Chinese and Taiwanese flags are displayed alongside a military airplane in this illustration taken April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

By Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom

WASHINGTON – A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China, which claims the island as its own.

Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Friday’s slide show by Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang caused consternation among U.S. officials after the map appeared in her video feed for about a minute.