The design for this year’s Double Ten National Day celebrations were released today, featuring the red and blue of the Republic of China (ROC) flag, a plum blossom motif, and messages in Chinese and English.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has in recent years criticized the design for excluding the flag and its colors, and centering the name “Taiwan” rather than the ROC.
As the KMT and its allies won the majority in the legislature earlier this year, Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has assumed leadership of the National Day Preparatory Committee.
Photo from the National Day Facebook page
The Facebook page for the Double Ten National Day events updated its imagery this afternoon to the new design.
It primarily utilizes the red and blue of the ROC flag with a plum blossom motif in the center.
Underneath it says “Happy Birthday to the ROC” (中華民國生日快樂) in Chinese with the ROC flag in the middle, and “A Beautiful Taiwan Today, A Better Taiwan Tomorrow” in English.
Photo compilation by CNA
As opposed to previous years, the design does not say “Taiwan National Day” in English.
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