The founder of Taiwanese chipmaker UMC, Robert Tsao, is suing China's Taiwan Affairs Office after his name was added to a list of "diehard Taiwan independence separatists" that Beijing has vowed to punish.
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00:00The founder of Taiwanese chipmaker UMC, Robert Cao, is suing the director and the spokesperson
00:05of China's Taiwan Affairs Office.
00:08That's after Beijing named Cao on a list of what is called die-hard secessionists that
00:13it's vowed to punish for promoting Taiwan's independence.
00:16Cao pledged 100 million US dollars to train a civilian militia to defend Taiwan against
00:21a Chinese attack.
00:23Cao is suing based on Taiwan's laws against threatening people.
00:53to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack.
00:54That's based on Taiwan's laws against threatening people.