Taiwan News
Date: 2016/11/17
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Taiwan has been rejected from participating in several major international conferences under the

(By Central News Agency)

pressure from China since the country’s independence-leaning DPP party took the helm of the country last May. On Thursday, even a China-friendly former president was treated unfairly at an international event and complained that the move was “hurting cross-strait relations.”

On Thursday, former president Ma Ying-jeou was upset and angered by a decision by the World Chinese Economic Summit in Malaysia to intentionally omit Ma’s title from the summit handbook, which referred to him simply as “H.E. Ma Ying-jeou.” In protest at China’s move, Ma wore a self-prepared name badge that clearly identified him as “Former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).”

At the beginning of a scheduled speech at the 8th World Chinese Economic Summit in Melaka, Malaysia, Ma emphasized his identity as a former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan).    [FULL  STORY]