Ministry lauds Canada’s UBC for ‘Taiwan’ referenceBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter, with ReutersThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday commended the University of British Columbia (UBC) for “resuming its academic autonomy,” after the school said it would refer to the nation as “Taiwan,” instead of as “Taiwan (Province of China)” as it had done in an annual report. In the report’s 2018-2019 edition, the school had referred to the nation as “Taiwan” without any parenthesized note. “Moving forward, UBC will only refer to Taiwan without any additional descriptors in future reports,” Heinrich said. The ministry is glad to see the university resume its academic neutrality and autonomy, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) told a news briefing in Taipei. The ministry lauded the university for understanding the essence of the problem and its willingness to correct the inappropriate appellation, she added.

Source: Taipei Times July 07, 2020 15:56 UTC