Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Chen Ming-tong (
Chen made the remarks in response to Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Yang Yi (
Chen yesterday said China has received a warning from the IOC which asked Beijing to abide by a 1989 agreement under which Taiwan competes in the Olympic Games under the name "Chinese Taipei."
Ever since Beijing started promoting next year's Olympics, Chinese officials have been referring to Taiwan as "Taipei, China."
"Beijing clearly knew that it was doing something it should not," Chen said. "We hope it will not repeat this mistake."
"Beijing has to obey the IOC's regulations and be sure not to change Taiwan's official name in the events of the Olympic Games in their broadcasting or signboards," he said, "but so far there is no progress in the negotiation on the torch relay route."
In other news, Chen yesterday confirmed that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hong Chi-chang (
The post was left vacant after Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄) quit to become premier last month.
Chang yesterday said Hong was "a suitable candidate" and that suitable arrangements had been made for his appointment.
Praising Hong as a suitable choice for SEF president, Chen yesterday said he was confident that Hong could facilitate cross-strait interactions and assist Taiwanese businessmen investing in China.
Hong, a member of the DPP's former New Tide faction, has been an advocate of lifting restrictions on China-bound investment.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) is to launch a new program to encourage international students to stay in Taiwan and explore job opportunities here after graduation, Deputy Minister of Education Yeh Ping-cheng (葉丙成) said on Friday. The government would provide full scholarships for international students to further their studies for two years in Taiwan, so those who want to pursue a master’s degree can consider applying for the program, he said. The fields included are science, technology, engineering, mathematics, semiconductors and finance, Yeh added. The program, called “Intense 2+2,” would also assist international students who completed the two years of further studies in
The brilliant blue waters, thick foliage and bucolic atmosphere on this seemingly idyllic archipelago deep in the Pacific Ocean belie the key role it now plays in a titanic geopolitical struggle. Palau is again on the front line as China, and the US and its allies prepare their forces in an intensifying contest for control over the Asia-Pacific region. The democratic nation of just 17,000 people hosts US-controlled airstrips and soon-to-be-completed radar installations that the US military describes as “critical” to monitoring vast swathes of water and airspace. It is also a key piece of the second island chain, a string of
Taiwan will now have four additional national holidays after the Legislative Yuan passed an amendment today, which also made Labor Day a national holiday for all sectors. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) used their majority in the Legislative Yuan to pass the amendment to the Act on Implementing Memorial Days and State Holidays (紀念日及節日實施辦法), which the parties jointly proposed, in its third and final reading today. The legislature passed the bill to amend the act, which is currently enforced administratively, raising it to the legal level. The new legislation recognizes Confucius’ birthday on Sept. 28, the
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck about 33km off the coast of Hualien City was the "main shock" in a series of quakes in the area, with aftershocks expected over the next three days, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Prior to the magnitude 5.9 quake shaking most of Taiwan at 6:53pm yesterday, six other earthquakes stronger than a magnitude of 4, starting with a magnitude 5.5 quake at 6:09pm, occurred in the area. CWA Seismological Center Director Wu Chien-fu (吳健富) confirmed that the quakes were all part of the same series and that the magnitude 5.5 temblor was
RSS