eTaiwan News
Date: 2015-05-12
By: By Emmmanuelle Tzeng and Evelyn Kao, Central News Agency

Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien (???) was mistaken for a Chinese national by the organizer of the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held from Wednesday through May 24. Hou’s martial arts epic “The Assassin” (???) has been selected to be screened in the festival’s main competition section. In the festival brochure, Hou is listed as a Chinese national, while the Republic of China national flag has not been hung at the venue. In response, Michel Ching-long Lu (???), Taiwan’s representative to France, said his office has sent a letter to the event organizer demanding that a correction of Hou’s nationality be made and that the ROC national flag be hung.