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US democracy summit has curious case of vanishing Taiwan minister, her map

Sources said slide show by Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang at the Summit caused consternation among US officials after the map appeared in her video feed for about a minute

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Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside a military airplane in this illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom | Reuters Washington
A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. 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.
 
The sources, who did not want to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the video feed showing Tang