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TAIWAN: /CHINA: An SCMP article this is a few hours old is in circulation, the

article notes that: "Taipei is expelling two Taiwan-based mainland Chinese TV

reporters who produced and broadcast political talk shows from Taiwan in

violation of local regulations. The journalists from Southeast Television in the

mainland province of Fujian must leave Taiwan on Friday morning, according to

the Mainland Affairs Council, the island's top mainland policy planning body.

"They have violated the regulations governing their job status in Taiwan,"

council vice-chairman Chiu Tsui-cheng said, referring to the job descriptions

the two listed when they applied to be stationed in Taiwan as reporters. Taiwan

allows mainland news outlets to post journalists on the island and permits them

to rent studio space from local broadcasters for their correspondents, but it

bans them from acting as talk show hosts and broadcasting those shows from

Taiwan."