American journalists expelled by
China are welcome to set up shop in Taiwan, foreign minister Joseph Wu said Saturday, as the democratic island burnishes its credentials as a regional free speech haven.
Beijing ordered the expulsion of 13 journalists from the
New York Times,
Washington Post and Wall Street Journal earlier this month as part of a widening spat over media freedoms with the United States.
The move marked the biggest crackdown on the foreign press in China in recent decades.