A Chinese influencer who goes by her social media name "Xiaowei" was deported from Taiwan after failing to leave voluntarily before the end of March. Xiaowei is one of three Chinese nationals Taipei has ordered to leave for posting videos online advocating the military unification of China and Taiwan.
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00:00Not the smoothest of exits for Xiaowei, the Chinese influencer who was ordered to leave Taiwan by the end of March
00:07but failed to do so.
00:08She's now been forcibly deported by Taipei and what we know is that she has left from here,
00:15Taoyuan International Airport, on a flight to China.
00:18Xiaowei is one of three Chinese nationals Taipei has recently ordered to leave for posting videos online
00:25advocating for military unification of China and Taiwan.
00:29Taipei says such messages breach cross-strait laws and stand to threaten national security and social stability.
00:37Now when Xiaowei was escorted into the airport earlier,
00:40she was seen shouting asking whether she'd done anything wrong.
00:45The Taiwanese authorities want me to be deported. Is that wrong?
00:51These three influencers caused a stir in Taiwan,
00:54with civic groups coming out to both advocate and protest their cause.
00:59All three women are married to Taiwanese citizens.
01:03In Xiaowei's case, there were initially some concerns from Taiwan's interior ministry
01:08that she had connections with China's government,
01:11concerns that flared after Xiaowei did not leave on time.
01:16But Taiwan has now followed through with the law to deport her,
01:20taking a hard line on what it says is needed to protect the free way of life here.
01:26Scott Huang and Joy Sun at Taoyuan International Airport for Taiwan Plus.