TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Emirates issued a new directive to its Taiwanese cabin crew Wednesday, asking them not to wear any flag pins, after they protested against an order by the airline the previous day to use Chinese lapel flag pins. "This means you must remove the Taiwanese flag from your service waistcoat and replace it with the Chinese flag," the airline said in the email, according to MOFA. However, based on the responses of the Taiwanese cabin crew members to the email, Emirates on Wednesday revised the directive, saying that they should not wear any lapel flag pins. The original order was "incorrect and inappropriate," said the airline, which usually allows its cabin crew to wear the flag pins of their respective countries. The Taiwanese public, meanwhile, took to social media to protest, with some people posting pictures of the Taiwan national flag on Emirates' Facebook page.

Source: The China Post May 31, 2017 11:26 UTC