IGNORANCE BLAMED:A netizen said it was no surprise that Taiwan ranks poorly in worldwide ignorance after pictures emerged of students dressed as Nazi soldiers
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 25, 2016
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Students at a private high school in Hsinchu City yesterday sparked outrage after photographs of them
A Hsinchu Kuang Fu High School student rides a cardboard tank while wearing a Nazi uniform at a school event on Friday. Photo: Screengrab from Facebook
in Nazi costumes at a cosplay event a day earlier went viral on the Internet.
Photos of a class at Hsinchu Kuang Fu High School wearing costumes resembling Nazi uniforms and carrying swastika banners were shared on Professional Technology Temple (PTT), the nation’s largest online academic bulletin board, triggering an outcry from representative offices, government officials and netizens, with some saying the incident yet again showed Taiwan’s ignorance of international affairs.
A photo among those that were previously posted to Facebook showed students dressed as Nazi soldiers standing in formation, while another one showed a student riding in a tank made of cardboard boxes and performing a Nazi salute.
The Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei issued a statement criticizing the event. [FULL STORY]
