Comedian Huang Yi-hao was hit and injured by a car in September after a Chinese individual paid another man to make sure Huang was seriously injured. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Taiwanese prosecutors indicted five people on Oct 21 for plotting to run over with a car a comedian whose shows have poked fun at the Chinese government, including President Xi Jinping.

Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has complained that Beijing is trying to use “transnational repression” to go after people in Taiwan who the Chinese government views as separatists or are otherwise politically suspect.