Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/10
By: Tang Pei-chun and Kuan-lin Liu

Brussels, March 10 (CNA) The Swedish-Taiwanese Parliamentarian Association (STPA)

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called the Swedish Tax Agency’s announced name change designating Taiwan a province of China “inappropriate,” listing four key reasons for its opposition in a written letter to Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Caroline Szyber, head of the STPA, on Wednesday handed a formal letter on behalf of about 40 parliamentarians who are members of the association to Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom to convey their strong opposition to the tax office’s recent announcement.

The Swedish Tax Agency on Feb. 28 announced that Taiwan would be listed as a province of China (Taiwan, Provins i Kina), instead of the Republic of China (Republiken Kina, Taiwan) on its website, starting March 12.    [FULL  STORY]