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蔡英文母校决定把台湾标为中国一部分 台绿媒崩溃
蔡英文母校决定把台湾标为中国一部分 台绿媒崩溃
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[环球网综合报道]英国伦敦政经学院（LSE）是蔡省长母校，然而日前，该校的一个做法让岛内绿媒心塞了
曾在地图上错误标注台湾与大陆关系的LSE，3日更改标注：台湾和大陆同属一个国家。
事情是什么由来？
台湾《自由时报》4月3日晚报道称，伦敦政经学院（LSE）曾于3月下旬在校内为装置艺术“反转的世界”（The World Turned Upside Down）揭幕，但该装置上的倒置地图将大陆与台湾分开呈现，涂上不同颜色
伦敦政经学院校内装置艺术“反转的世界”（图片来源：台媒）
该地图上还把台湾地区标注为“中华民国（台湾）”（REP CHINA（Taiwan））字样，并用“首都”来标注台北市
“反转的世界”错误标注台湾（图片来源：台媒）
报道称，这一错误引发大陆留学生抗议。留学生认为情感受到了伤害，致信校方要求立即更改。
对于学生的抗议，校方在当地时间3日上午召开会议，召集学生会成员、2名大陆学生、2名巴勒斯坦学生、2名以色列学生、1名台湾学生讨论处理方式。
校方会后决定，将请艺术家更改这一装置，把台湾的颜色涂成与大陆一样，并将原本以“首都形式”标记的台北市改为“城市形式”，也拿掉“中华民国台湾”字样。
据了解，“反转的世界”这尊装置艺术是倒转巨型地球雕塑，由LSE校友捐赠20万英镑（约合人民币176万元）制作。LSE是台当局领导人蔡英文所就读过的学校。蔡英文曾于1984年在该校获得法学博士学位。
蔡英文资料图（图片来源：台媒）
就在蔡英文的母校在地图上把台湾和大陆标注为同属一个国家后，《自由时报》在报道时崩溃称“屈服于一中原则”
报道还援引了一名LSE学生代表的话称，校方在会议上针对地图争议列出几个选项，其中包括台湾留学生的“保持现状”的立场，但其他多数代表则都认为要以联合国地图为主，而任一版本的联合国地图都标示“台湾为中国的一部分”，因此校方立场相对强硬。
这样的消息在岛内引发不少讨论。有网友用英文点赞LSE的做法：校方的决定是有道理的，我们本来就同属一个国家——中国。
还有人说，英国作为联合国安理会常任理事国，理应遵守联合国的决议，捍卫联合国的立场。
实际上，早在去年，就已经有不少机构对有问题的涉台标注进行更改。包括美国航空公司在内，全球44家航空企业去年都应中国民航局的要求对网站上的“台湾”称呼进行了更正。此外万豪酒店、西班牙品牌ZARA、托福考试（TOFEL）都已对涉台标注进行了更正。
此前，在2月27日的国台办例行新闻记者会上，发言人安峰山回应世界移动通信大会（MWC）标注“中国台湾省”遭台当局抗议一事时也曾表示，世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国的一部分，这是国际社会所普遍公认的一个现实。坚持一个中国原则，是国际社会的普遍共识，这也是人心所向，大势所趋。
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MOFA concerned over LSE sculpture labeling Taiwan as part of China
2019/04/04 13:49:18
Taipei, April 4 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has expressed concern to the London School of Economics (LSE) after it decided to change the design of a campus sculpture that hints as Taiwan being part of China.
MOFA spokesman Andrew Lee (李憲章) said the ministry has asked its representative office in the U.K. to demand that the school reconsider the decision, which he said belittles the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s sovereign status.
Lee's comments came in response to a decision by the LSE to change a campus sculpture design that insinuates that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China.
On March 26, the LSE unveiled the new sculpture by the Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger.
Located outside the LSE's Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, "The World Turned Upside Down" is a large political globe, four meters in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with "the revolutionary twist of being inverted," according to information on the LSE website.
Most of the landmasses now lie in the "bottom" hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labeled for this new orientation, it noted.
After its unveiling, however, Chinese students at LSE found that Taiwan is denoted in a different color from the rest of China on the globe, drawing their strong protest.
"We are deeply disappointed by this arrangement, and we firmly hold the position that Taiwan is a part of China and the PRC should be the only legal representative of China," according to a joint statement released by Chinese students at LSE, who called on the school to take action "to prevent any future confusion resulting from the sculpture."
Taiwanese students at LSE, meanwhile also issued their own statement, calling on the school to keep the original design of Republic of China (Taiwan) as a sovereign state.
"As a sovereign state, the ROC (Taiwan) has its own democratic political institution and respects the separation of powers and rule of law. We have our own ministries of diplomacy, national defense and interior affairs, with which PRC has no interference," according to a letter from the students to the LSE.
"Altering the content of the original sculpture not only disrespects the artist but also denies the fact that the ROC is a sovereign state and further influences the understanding of Taiwan in the LSE community," it added.
Following a meeting Wednesday between Taiwanese students and their Chinese counterparts organized by the school authorities, however, the LSE ultimately decided to accept the latter's proposal to change the globe's original design by making Taiwan the same color as the PRC.
Huang Li-an (黃立安), a Taiwanese student at LSE, said the school points out that all maps released by the United Nations show Taiwan as part of the PRC, making it difficult for him to convince the school to keep the current design.
The LSE authorities have put up a sign beside the sculpture saying that they understand and respect "that strong feelings exist around statehood and identity," but called on students to engage in respectful exchanges on such issues.
(By Tai Ya-chen and Joseph Yeh)
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3672973
LSE forced to change color of Taiwan on artwork after Chinese students cry foul
London School of Economics kowtows to Chinese students, changes color of Taiwan on sculpture
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2019/04/04 11:04
Taiwan as it originally appeared on the sculpture. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- The London School of Economics (LSE) decided to kowtow to Chinese students and change the color of Taiwan to match that of China on a large sculpture on its campus, despite opposition to the alteration from Taiwanese students.
On March 26, LSE unveiled a large outdoor sculpture of a political globe by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger titled "The World Turned Upside Down." The concept of the massive sculpture, which is 4 meters in diameter, is to invert the map of the world to give a perspective of the earth from the southern hemisphere.
Chinese students on the campus of LSE soon noticed that Taiwan was labeled "REP. CHINA (Taiwan)" and was colored in pink, while China was labeled "CHINA (People's Republic) and was colored yellow. In addition, the Chinese students noticed that Lhasa, Tibet was colored red, apparently to indicate that it is the capital city of a country, and there differences along the border with India that they did not agree with.
(CNA image)
Chinese students then lodged a protest with LSE for the use of separate colors for Taiwan and China, as well as the highlighting of Lhasa and demarcation of the border with India. The school then held a meeting over the matter this morning and decided to change the color of Taiwan to yellow, to match that of China, reported CNA.
In response, a group of Taiwanese students at LSE issued a joint statement which said, "As a sovereign and independent country, the Republic of China (Taiwan) has a free and democratic political system and abides by the separation of powers and the rule of law. We have our own diplomatic corps, military, and domestic political system, and the Chinese government has no right to interfere in this matter."
Huang Lee-an (黃立安), a Taiwanese student at the university, told CNA that after the school convened a meeting with student representatives to discuss the matter, it decided to change Taiwan's color from pink to yellow, to match that of China. The student said they also had the red dot labeled Taipei, changed to black, demoting it from a capital city of a country, to a mere city in a province of China.
(CNA image)
The student said that "REP. of CHINA" was also unceremoniously removed from the artist's work.
Wallinger stated that he based the boundaries on the UN's definitions, but intentionally inverted the map to show things from a different vantage point: "The UN is the authority as to the names and borders. This is the world, as we know it from a different viewpoint. Familiar, strange, and subject to change.”
Huang told CNA that during the meeting, he mentioned UN Resolution 2758, which does not substantively deal with the issue of Taiwan's sovereignty. He also repeatedly explained Taiwan's current political situation and mentioned that in many UN publications, information about Taiwan is often left blank or printed in gray.
(CNA image)
When Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was informed of LSE's resolution, it immediately sent a letter of protest via its representative office in the UK.
To add insult to injury, LSE then posted a hypocritical notice next to the sculpture stating that it was committed to creating an "inclusive" environment "for all" while ensuring that members of the community are treated with "equal dignity and respect at all times," with the apparent exception of Taiwanese students and the nation of Taiwan.
On the page introducing the artwork, LSE boasts that Wallinger's piece "reflects the spirit of progressive enquiry that has characterised the School since its inception."
When Tsai Ing Wen (蔡英文) was elected President of Taiwan in 2016, LSE was quick to mention Tsai (PhD in Law 1984) as the 37th LSE alumni to serve as "either President or Prime Minister of a nation."
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Taipei complains about London university’s decision to alter artwork and portray Taiwan as part of China
The original version of Mark Wallinger’s The World Turned Upside Down showed Taiwan as a separate country. Photo: CNA
Taiwan has complained about a decision by the London School of Economics to alter a prize-winning artwork and portray the self-governing island as part of China.
The World Turned Upside Down by English artist Mark Wallinger has been on display outside the school’s student activity centre in London since March 26 and features a globe of the Earth standing on its north pole.
Last week, the artwork provoked a reaction from mainland Chinese students, who complained that Taiwan was labelled as a country – “REP. CHINA (Taiwan)” – with Taipei as its national capital, and given a different colour to China. Lhasa was identified as the national capital of Tibet.
Describing the globe as offensive to Beijing, mainland students demanded that the school authorities change the labelling, prompting a meeting involving mainland Chinese and Taiwanese students on April 3 in which it was decided to remove Taiwan’s official Republic of China title and make the island a part of China.
The World Turned Upside Down by English artist Mark Wallinger is at the centre of a row for its portrayal of Taiwan. Photo: CNA
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However, the semi-official Central News Agency in Taipei argued that changing Taiwan’s colour from red to the same yellow used for mainland China implied that they were one territory.
The school put a notice beside the artwork, which said it “understands and respects the strong feelings existing around statehood and identity”, and that it “encourages respectful exchanges on these issues but criminal damage on LSE property is not acceptable”.
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Taiwan’s foreign ministry said it lodged a protest with the school through its office in London, saying it should not have caved in to Beijing’s pressure.
Wallinger, a 2007 Turner Prize winner for State Britain – an installation that was inspired by a one-man campaign in central London against Britain’s role in the Iraq war – has made no comment on the LSE’s decision.
Beijing considers Taiwan a part of China that must be reunited by force if necessary. It has suspended official exchanges with Taipei since Tsai Ing-wen of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party became president in 2016 and refused to accept the one-China principle.
As well as poaching five of Taiwan’s allies since 2016, Beijing has forced international companies, including airlines doing businesses with the mainland, to identify Taiwan as a “province of China”, or “Taiwan, China” on their websites.
It has also mobilised students abroad to put pressure on school authorities to recognise the island’s status as a part of China or demand that Taiwanese representatives be removed from major events where issues of national identity or politics are involved.
On February 26, a Taiwanese flag was damaged and replaced with a Chinese flag during a recruitment fair organised by the Taiwanese student union at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
蔡英文母校决定把台湾标为中国一部分 台绿媒崩溃
蔡英文母校决定把台湾标为中国一部分 台绿媒崩溃
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[环球网综合报道]英国伦敦政经学院（LSE）是蔡省长母校，然而日前，该校的一个做法让岛内绿媒心塞了
曾在地图上错误标注台湾与大陆关系的LSE，3日更改标注：台湾和大陆同属一个国家。
事情是什么由来？
台湾《自由时报》4月3日晚报道称，伦敦政经学院（LSE）曾于3月下旬在校内为装置艺术“反转的世界”（The World Turned Upside Down）揭幕，但该装置上的倒置地图将大陆与台湾分开呈现，涂上不同颜色
伦敦政经学院校内装置艺术“反转的世界”（图片来源：台媒）
该地图上还把台湾地区标注为“中华民国（台湾）”（REP CHINA（Taiwan））字样，并用“首都”来标注台北市
“反转的世界”错误标注台湾（图片来源：台媒）
报道称，这一错误引发大陆留学生抗议。留学生认为情感受到了伤害，致信校方要求立即更改。
对于学生的抗议，校方在当地时间3日上午召开会议，召集学生会成员、2名大陆学生、2名巴勒斯坦学生、2名以色列学生、1名台湾学生讨论处理方式。
校方会后决定，将请艺术家更改这一装置，把台湾的颜色涂成与大陆一样，并将原本以“首都形式”标记的台北市改为“城市形式”，也拿掉“中华民国台湾”字样。
据了解，“反转的世界”这尊装置艺术是倒转巨型地球雕塑，由LSE校友捐赠20万英镑（约合人民币176万元）制作。LSE是台当局领导人蔡英文所就读过的学校。蔡英文曾于1984年在该校获得法学博士学位。
蔡英文资料图（图片来源：台媒）
就在蔡英文的母校在地图上把台湾和大陆标注为同属一个国家后，《自由时报》在报道时崩溃称“屈服于一中原则”
报道还援引了一名LSE学生代表的话称，校方在会议上针对地图争议列出几个选项，其中包括台湾留学生的“保持现状”的立场，但其他多数代表则都认为要以联合国地图为主，而任一版本的联合国地图都标示“台湾为中国的一部分”，因此校方立场相对强硬。
这样的消息在岛内引发不少讨论。有网友用英文点赞LSE的做法：校方的决定是有道理的，我们本来就同属一个国家——中国。
还有人说，英国作为联合国安理会常任理事国，理应遵守联合国的决议，捍卫联合国的立场。
实际上，早在去年，就已经有不少机构对有问题的涉台标注进行更改。包括美国航空公司在内，全球44家航空企业去年都应中国民航局的要求对网站上的“台湾”称呼进行了更正。此外万豪酒店、西班牙品牌ZARA、托福考试（TOFEL）都已对涉台标注进行了更正。
此前，在2月27日的国台办例行新闻记者会上，发言人安峰山回应世界移动通信大会（MWC）标注“中国台湾省”遭台当局抗议一事时也曾表示，世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国的一部分，这是国际社会所普遍公认的一个现实。坚持一个中国原则，是国际社会的普遍共识，这也是人心所向，大势所趋。
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Chinese action shows dismay over warming Taiwan-U.S. ties: expert
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MOFA concerned over LSE sculpture labeling Taiwan as part of China
2019/04/04 13:49:18
Taipei, April 4 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has expressed concern to the London School of Economics (LSE) after it decided to change the design of a campus sculpture that hints as Taiwan being part of China.
MOFA spokesman Andrew Lee (李憲章) said the ministry has asked its representative office in the U.K. to demand that the school reconsider the decision, which he said belittles the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s sovereign status.
Lee's comments came in response to a decision by the LSE to change a campus sculpture design that insinuates that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China.
On March 26, the LSE unveiled the new sculpture by the Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger.
Located outside the LSE's Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, "The World Turned Upside Down" is a large political globe, four meters in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined but with "the revolutionary twist of being inverted," according to information on the LSE website.
Most of the landmasses now lie in the "bottom" hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labeled for this new orientation, it noted.
After its unveiling, however, Chinese students at LSE found that Taiwan is denoted in a different color from the rest of China on the globe, drawing their strong protest.
"We are deeply disappointed by this arrangement, and we firmly hold the position that Taiwan is a part of China and the PRC should be the only legal representative of China," according to a joint statement released by Chinese students at LSE, who called on the school to take action "to prevent any future confusion resulting from the sculpture."
Taiwanese students at LSE, meanwhile also issued their own statement, calling on the school to keep the original design of Republic of China (Taiwan) as a sovereign state.
"As a sovereign state, the ROC (Taiwan) has its own democratic political institution and respects the separation of powers and rule of law. We have our own ministries of diplomacy, national defense and interior affairs, with which PRC has no interference," according to a letter from the students to the LSE.
"Altering the content of the original sculpture not only disrespects the artist but also denies the fact that the ROC is a sovereign state and further influences the understanding of Taiwan in the LSE community," it added.
Following a meeting Wednesday between Taiwanese students and their Chinese counterparts organized by the school authorities, however, the LSE ultimately decided to accept the latter's proposal to change the globe's original design by making Taiwan the same color as the PRC.
Huang Li-an (黃立安), a Taiwanese student at LSE, said the school points out that all maps released by the United Nations show Taiwan as part of the PRC, making it difficult for him to convince the school to keep the current design.
The LSE authorities have put up a sign beside the sculpture saying that they understand and respect "that strong feelings exist around statehood and identity," but called on students to engage in respectful exchanges on such issues.
(By Tai Ya-chen and Joseph Yeh)
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3672973
LSE forced to change color of Taiwan on artwork after Chinese students cry foul
London School of Economics kowtows to Chinese students, changes color of Taiwan on sculpture
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2019/04/04 11:04
Taiwan as it originally appeared on the sculpture. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- The London School of Economics (LSE) decided to kowtow to Chinese students and change the color of Taiwan to match that of China on a large sculpture on its campus, despite opposition to the alteration from Taiwanese students.
On March 26, LSE unveiled a large outdoor sculpture of a political globe by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger titled "The World Turned Upside Down." The concept of the massive sculpture, which is 4 meters in diameter, is to invert the map of the world to give a perspective of the earth from the southern hemisphere.
Chinese students on the campus of LSE soon noticed that Taiwan was labeled "REP. CHINA (Taiwan)" and was colored in pink, while China was labeled "CHINA (People's Republic) and was colored yellow. In addition, the Chinese students noticed that Lhasa, Tibet was colored red, apparently to indicate that it is the capital city of a country, and there differences along the border with India that they did not agree with.
(CNA image)
Chinese students then lodged a protest with LSE for the use of separate colors for Taiwan and China, as well as the highlighting of Lhasa and demarcation of the border with India. The school then held a meeting over the matter this morning and decided to change the color of Taiwan to yellow, to match that of China, reported CNA.
In response, a group of Taiwanese students at LSE issued a joint statement which said, "As a sovereign and independent country, the Republic of China (Taiwan) has a free and democratic political system and abides by the separation of powers and the rule of law. We have our own diplomatic corps, military, and domestic political system, and the Chinese government has no right to interfere in this matter."
Huang Lee-an (黃立安), a Taiwanese student at the university, told CNA that after the school convened a meeting with student representatives to discuss the matter, it decided to change Taiwan's color from pink to yellow, to match that of China. The student said they also had the red dot labeled Taipei, changed to black, demoting it from a capital city of a country, to a mere city in a province of China.
(CNA image)
The student said that "REP. of CHINA" was also unceremoniously removed from the artist's work.
Wallinger stated that he based the boundaries on the UN's definitions, but intentionally inverted the map to show things from a different vantage point: "The UN is the authority as to the names and borders. This is the world, as we know it from a different viewpoint. Familiar, strange, and subject to change.”
Huang told CNA that during the meeting, he mentioned UN Resolution 2758, which does not substantively deal with the issue of Taiwan's sovereignty. He also repeatedly explained Taiwan's current political situation and mentioned that in many UN publications, information about Taiwan is often left blank or printed in gray.
(CNA image)
When Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was informed of LSE's resolution, it immediately sent a letter of protest via its representative office in the UK.
To add insult to injury, LSE then posted a hypocritical notice next to the sculpture stating that it was committed to creating an "inclusive" environment "for all" while ensuring that members of the community are treated with "equal dignity and respect at all times," with the apparent exception of Taiwanese students and the nation of Taiwan.
On the page introducing the artwork, LSE boasts that Wallinger's piece "reflects the spirit of progressive enquiry that has characterised the School since its inception."
When Tsai Ing Wen (蔡英文) was elected President of Taiwan in 2016, LSE was quick to mention Tsai (PhD in Law 1984) as the 37th LSE alumni to serve as "either President or Prime Minister of a nation."
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/dip...ains-about-english-universitys-decision-alter
Taipei complains about London university’s decision to alter artwork and portray Taiwan as part of China
The original version of Mark Wallinger’s The World Turned Upside Down showed Taiwan as a separate country. Photo: CNA
Taiwan has complained about a decision by the London School of Economics to alter a prize-winning artwork and portray the self-governing island as part of China.
The World Turned Upside Down by English artist Mark Wallinger has been on display outside the school’s student activity centre in London since March 26 and features a globe of the Earth standing on its north pole.
Last week, the artwork provoked a reaction from mainland Chinese students, who complained that Taiwan was labelled as a country – “REP. CHINA (Taiwan)” – with Taipei as its national capital, and given a different colour to China. Lhasa was identified as the national capital of Tibet.
Describing the globe as offensive to Beijing, mainland students demanded that the school authorities change the labelling, prompting a meeting involving mainland Chinese and Taiwanese students on April 3 in which it was decided to remove Taiwan’s official Republic of China title and make the island a part of China.
The World Turned Upside Down by English artist Mark Wallinger is at the centre of a row for its portrayal of Taiwan. Photo: CNA
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However, the semi-official Central News Agency in Taipei argued that changing Taiwan’s colour from red to the same yellow used for mainland China implied that they were one territory.
The school put a notice beside the artwork, which said it “understands and respects the strong feelings existing around statehood and identity”, and that it “encourages respectful exchanges on these issues but criminal damage on LSE property is not acceptable”.
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Taiwan’s foreign ministry said it lodged a protest with the school through its office in London, saying it should not have caved in to Beijing’s pressure.
Wallinger, a 2007 Turner Prize winner for State Britain – an installation that was inspired by a one-man campaign in central London against Britain’s role in the Iraq war – has made no comment on the LSE’s decision.
Beijing considers Taiwan a part of China that must be reunited by force if necessary. It has suspended official exchanges with Taipei since Tsai Ing-wen of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party became president in 2016 and refused to accept the one-China principle.
As well as poaching five of Taiwan’s allies since 2016, Beijing has forced international companies, including airlines doing businesses with the mainland, to identify Taiwan as a “province of China”, or “Taiwan, China” on their websites.
It has also mobilised students abroad to put pressure on school authorities to recognise the island’s status as a part of China or demand that Taiwanese representatives be removed from major events where issues of national identity or politics are involved.
On February 26, a Taiwanese flag was damaged and replaced with a Chinese flag during a recruitment fair organised by the Taiwanese student union at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
