By Chang Kuo-tsai 張國財Italy on Friday last week banned all flights from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and China, stranding 768 Taiwanese passengers in Italy. With the topic of the outbreak on everyone’s lips, people around the world — especially in the US and Europe — only see and hear names such as the Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and China Airlines. Can they really be faulted for confusing the distinctions between the Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People’s Republic of China? Is it so far-fetched for someone to assume that China Airlines might be a Chinese airline? Is it not entirely forgivable if people confuse China Airlines with the Chinese airline Air China?

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2020 16:18 UTC