Puma Shen to visit US, says he would not be ‘silenced’

PUSHBACK: Taiwanese must engage with the global community, make their voices heard and promote themselves on the world stage, he said By Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator and Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen (沈伯洋) yesterday announced that he would visit the US on Monday and “would not be silenced.” Shen has been labeled a “die-hard separatist” by Beijing, and he and a civil defense organization he cofounded, the Kuma Academy, were sanctioned by China in 2024. Following an attack earlier this month on Japanese media personality Akio Yaita, who frequently spoke out about cross-strait affairs, Shen said he would not be intimidated by Beijing’s attempts at transnational repression and would not hold back on anythi