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The President of Radio Free Asia posted this statement on the RFA website, presumably before the staff were locked out

"The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the information space."

rfa.org/english/about/releases

📎 The Radio Free Asia English website is still online. The latest article is "RFA operations may cease following federal grants termination" dated 15 March 2025

rfa.org/english/china/2025/03/

David on Formosa

📎 The RFA Chinese website is still online. The latest article is "RFA台长:终止资助RFA是中共的福音" [RFA President: Ending funding for RFA is good news for the CCP]

rfa.org/mandarin/xinwenkuaixun

📎 BlueSky post about the loss of Radio Free Asia by Elaine Pearson, Asia director of Human Rights Watch

bsky.app/profile/elainepearson

@davidonformosa Oh goddammit. I am so incredibly angry and upset about this.

So many bad decisions and wrongdoings coming down like a waterfall -- but this one just stands out as an egregious and petty self-own.