Thursday, July 23, 2020

#TAIWAN: Parliament Votes To Change China Airlines Name

[world politics news]


Taiwan’s Parliament has voted in favor of rebranding national carrier China Airlines.

China Airlines has long been mistaken for an airline from mainland China because of its name. However, the airline, based in capital Taipei, is one of the two big carriers in self-governed Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC) and is not related to the three national airlines of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), namely Air China, China Eastern and China Southern.

The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has amplified calls to change the airline’s branding. As part of international relations, Taiwan recently sent medical aid abroad, using China Airlines aircraft for transportation. For those not familiar with the airline it was often unclear that the resources where actually coming from Taiwan, not China’s communist government in Beijing.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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