News from the Green Media is circulating online again, reporting that a Taiwanese person traveling to Italy was challenged by an airline, which claimed the passport they held was “China,” leading to difficulties at the airport… The end of the video also shows an internet celebrity with an ROC passport being barred from entering the United Nations, with the guard demanding a Taiwan Compatriot Permit instead.
In reality, when the editor encountered such situations while pursuing a master’s degree and traveling abroad, the issue was mostly resolved by explaining that there are two countries in the world commonly abbreviated as China: one is 🇨🇳 the People’s Republic of China (p.r.o.c.), and the other is the $114$-year-old legitimate China, 🇹🇼 the Republic of China (R.O.C.). Currently, these are two different countries, just like North Korea and South Korea. After this explanation, most problems disappeared…
Why can foreigners recognize the difference between N. Korea and S. Korea, but not R.O.C. and p.r.o.c.?
Just because some people are foolish and ignorant, you rush to lower your own intelligence and change the name given to you by your parents? Constantly retreating, yielding, and making compromises will once again become the fault of the inherent character of the Chinese people…
This problem is clearly the result of domestic Taiwan independence advocates constantly “self-dwarfing”, which continuously weakens the visibility of the Republic of China globally. The happiest parties, besides the “Green Brains” (supporters of the DPP), are probably the CCP. The biggest fear for a family facing ruin is internal strife among brothers…
Another reason is that we ourselves are not strong enough… Take the current Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia epidemic, for example: so what if we cannot attend the WHO meeting? If we truly possess proactive solutions to the epidemic problem that can serve as a model and reference for other countries, then nations worldwide will naturally send people to the Republic of China for inspection and study…
As for the issue that some people claim the Republic of China 🇹🇼 passport cannot enter the United Nations, this is because we are currently a non-member state, not because there is an issue with the passport itself…
The Green Brains don’t even understand basic logic (laughs)…