DPP joins call for ‘Taiwan’ CPBLAVOID CONFUSION: Changing the name so that fans worldwide know it is Taiwan’s baseball league would be a good thing, DPP Legislator Hsu Chih-chieh saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑) yesterday joined calls for renaming the nation’s baseball league — the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) — a day after league officials said that American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen recommended adding “Taiwan” to the league’s name in international materials so that foreigners know it is not from China. “Sports competitions in almost all countries have been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Hsu said. From left, Rakuten Monkeys manager Lin Ying-chieh, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan and AIT spokeswoman Amanda Mansour sit behind a cardboard cut-out with their pictures at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium on May 1. The AIT suggested adding ‘Taiwan’ to promotional material used internationally to ensure that people know it is Taiwan’s professional baseball league,” the statement said. “It cannot simply hide behind the ‘private organization’ label, but has a responsibility to answer public calls to rectify the name of Taiwan’s professional baseball league.”

Source: Taipei Times May 10, 2020 15:56 UTC