Regarding the the Taiwanese proposal to rebrand China Airlines, the Focus Taiwan report was more complete. It in fact concerns *two* non-binding resolutions passed by the Legislative Yuan (in a vote boycotted by the KMT) calling on the government to look into not only the branding of China Airlines, but also to consider ways to highlight ‘Taiwan’ and downplay Republic of China on the passport cover.
It is still to be seen what outcome the Executive Yuan reviews will have.
This should be a Taiwan country-wide effort beyond China Airlines and passports. I always found it interesting (and anachronistic) that a huge China Steel Corporation plant was near our house outside Kaoshiung (and AIT Kaohsiung is located in the CSC corporate headquarters building). CSC is in the top 25 worldwide for steel production. Folks should know that their CSC steel comes from Taiwan, not China.
I suspect more pressure for such changes will follow now, but it’s easy to forget how discredited such name correction attempts were following Chen Shui-bian’s tumultuous term and his messy (and failed) attempt to rename Chunghwa Post to Taiwan Post, quickly reverted by Ma Ying-jeou. The last few years really have been a breakthrough for the 'China factor' in Taiwanese politics in a way that is new.
But the government does not really have standing to tell privately owned companies to change their names, and those companies may have plenty of reasons to keep the China. Perhaps only when the 'Taiwan' brand becomes more of an asset than the 'China' brand and businesspeople stop fearing they'll be cut off for coming from a 'problem territory', will they change.
Regarding the Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Xi Jinping Studies, chaired by vice foreign minister Zheng Zeguang, the scholars are pictured. See:
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/wjbxw_673019/t1799251.shtml
Question: Despite Xi Jinping's praise of Mao, what ever happened to "Women hold up half the heavens?" Are there no qualified women scholars?
Regarding the the Taiwanese proposal to rebrand China Airlines, the Focus Taiwan report was more complete. It in fact concerns *two* non-binding resolutions passed by the Legislative Yuan (in a vote boycotted by the KMT) calling on the government to look into not only the branding of China Airlines, but also to consider ways to highlight ‘Taiwan’ and downplay Republic of China on the passport cover.
It is still to be seen what outcome the Executive Yuan reviews will have.
This should be a Taiwan country-wide effort beyond China Airlines and passports. I always found it interesting (and anachronistic) that a huge China Steel Corporation plant was near our house outside Kaoshiung (and AIT Kaohsiung is located in the CSC corporate headquarters building). CSC is in the top 25 worldwide for steel production. Folks should know that their CSC steel comes from Taiwan, not China.
I suspect more pressure for such changes will follow now, but it’s easy to forget how discredited such name correction attempts were following Chen Shui-bian’s tumultuous term and his messy (and failed) attempt to rename Chunghwa Post to Taiwan Post, quickly reverted by Ma Ying-jeou. The last few years really have been a breakthrough for the 'China factor' in Taiwanese politics in a way that is new.
But the government does not really have standing to tell privately owned companies to change their names, and those companies may have plenty of reasons to keep the China. Perhaps only when the 'Taiwan' brand becomes more of an asset than the 'China' brand and businesspeople stop fearing they'll be cut off for coming from a 'problem territory', will they change.