PAN-BLUE EVENT:The national flag was prominently displayed during a KMT-hosted ceremony, at which the party’s leaders criticized the government for ‘hiding the flag’
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 11, 2017
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
A Double Ten National Day celebration yesterday organized by the Chinese Nationalist
A man waves a huge Republic of China flag in front of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei yesterday during an event organized by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to commemorate Double Ten National Day. Photo: CNA
Party (KMT) highlighted the significance and widespread presence of the national flag, and affirmed the existence of the Republic of China (ROC).
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government has been accused by critics of deliberately minimizing imagery associated with China by removing the ROC flag from the invitations for the official Double Ten National Day ceremony and dinner, as well as not mentioning the ROC.
However, Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全), whose job includes the role of National Day Celebration Organizing Committee chairman, said the national flag “lives in our hearts,” adding that the flags were displayed at the ceremony and dinner.
The invitation to a celebration hosted by the KMT at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei featured a national flag on one side and the portraits of Sun Yat-sen (孫中山) and Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) on the other. [FULL STORY]
