BBC News
Date: 9 May 2018
An Australian city council has been criticised after it covered up Taiwanese flags painted
Image copyrightNADJA LOImage captionThe blue and red Taiwanese flag was painted to represent the school’s cultural diversity
by school students on a public artwork.
The flags were painted on a bull statue displayed for a beef industry event in Queensland.
Rockhampton Regional Council said it altered the work to reflect the Australian government’s policy of not recognising Taiwan as a country.
China claims sovereignty over Taiwan, which it sees as a breakaway province.
The fibreglass statue was one of six school artworks commissioned by the council and Beef Australia for a week-long festival in Rockhampton, 600km (370 miles) north of Brisbane.
North Rockhampton State School said students had created the design, which featured various national flags in the shape of fish, to celebrate the cultural diversity of their community. [FULL STORY]
