At this morning’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting Session 1, a broadcast by the APEC International Media Center featured the name “Taiwan” and the Taiwanese flag to introduce Taiwan’s envoy Lin Hsin-i (林信義).
Lin was introduced by the emcee at this morning’s opening session as representing “Chinese Taipei” as he shook hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
The APEC leaders’ summit is to be held today and tomorrow, hosted by South Korea in Gyeongju at the Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center.
Photo courtesy of the APEC Taiwan media group
As Taiwania Capital chairman and former minister of economic affairs, Lin was appointed as Taiwan’s APEC envoy.
Lin entered at 9:30am this morning, following International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva, Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvira.
The on-screen information box featured not only the name Taiwan and the flag, but Taiwan’s population and GDP, and called Taiwan a “major economic partner” and “chip sector competitor.”
This morning’s event was streamed by cable TV channel KTV National Broadcasting, which also used the Taiwanese flag and used the Korean word for “Taiwan.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) was also in attendance at this morning’s event.
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