Taiwan files formal protest with UBC after university listed it as \u0027province of China\u0027
UBC is non-partisan and “does not take stands on political issues,” Kurt Heinrich, senior director of UBC media relations, said in a statement. “UBC will only refer to ‘Taiwan,’ without any additional descriptors, in future reports.”
The news outlet reported the ministry considered the move “yet another example of Beijing’s continuing campaign to change how businesses and institutions worldwide refer to Taiwan,” including forcing global airlines to refer to Taiwan as part of China or face financial consequences. “Employing ‘Taiwan ’ as a term to characterize UBC students from Taiwan is simply discriminatory,” said the office’s director, Charles Teng, in a statement. “It is a fundamental affront to Taiwanese students for who they are.”Article content continued
“I don’t think it’s fair to Taiwan,” said Esther Lin, the chairwoman of the Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society. “Taiwan has been on its own for 50 to 60 years.”Article content continued
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