No rule against Taiwan on name cards, MOFA saysBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday denied media reports that it required embassies not to use “Taiwan” on staff name cards, saying the redesign of the cards has not been finalized. Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei TimesThe move raised questions about whether the ministry was trying to force those who had added “Taiwan” to their cards to remove it, the paper reported. The ministry has not required overseas officials to “correct” or not to use “Taiwan” on their cards, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) said yesterday. The nation’s formal documents for other countries — those with formal ties and some without — used “Republic of China (Taiwan)” as the nation’s name, she said. The ministry should allow foreigners to differentiate between Taiwan and China and clearly embody the nation with a population of nearly 23.6 million people.

Source: Taipei Times June 16, 2020 15:56 UTC