(Text/Cao Yiming and Wang Di)
Osaka, Japan, will host the World Expo in 2025 . However, according to the Singapore Lianhe Zaobao website on November 3, the economic authorities in Taiwan specially compiled NT$2 billion (NT$1 is approximately NT$0.23 - this website note) to try to participate in the exhibition, but were asked to attend the meeting in the name of the company.
On November 23, 2018, at the 164th plenary meeting of the International Exhibition Bureau held in Paris, Osaka, Japan won the hosting rights of the 2025 World Expo . ( Xinhua News Agency )
report quoted Taiwan's "China Times News Network" and other news that the Taiwan legislative body "Economic Committee" recently reviewed the budget of the economic chief department and found that in order to participate in the Osaka World Expo, NT$2 billion has been compiled in four years since 2023, of which NT$410 million has been compiled in 2023.
KMT Public opinion representative Yang Qiongying recently revealed that Taiwan was asked to participate in the Osaka World Expo under the name of "Yushan Digital Technology Co., Ltd.", and no "Taiwanese" text or patterns can be displayed in the museum. In contrast, the "Taiwan Pavilion" was set up at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, and this time, the Osaka exhibition hall not only cannot appear "Taiwan", but also cannot use images such as totem.
Yang Qiongying asked back: "Is Taiwan-Japan relations very good?"
It is reported that Taiwan is not a member of the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE), so it cannot actively participate in the exhibition under the name of "country" or "international organization".
Taiwan authorities' foreign affairs department responded on the evening of November 2 that this issue should be left to the "Foreign Trade Association" for response, and the latter was unwilling to respond that night.
An insider on the island said bluntly: "This is the result of the deterioration of cross-strait relations." The Shanghai World Expo was held during the Ma Ying-jeou period, which was the "glorious era" of cross-strait relations; there was a tacit understanding between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait that Taiwan was able to apply in the name of "Foreign Trade Association Taiwan Trade Center". This time, Japan is worried that it will cause a rebound from the mainland, so it is not allowed to use the word "Taiwan".
Japanese media also disclosed that this time, the "Foreign Trade Association" established "Yushan Digital Technology Co., Ltd." in Taiwan. The English name "Tamayama" is a place name in Japan, not the highest peak in Taiwan, which is surprising.
Taiwan's "Central News Agency" once reported that Japan, as the organizer of the World Expo, has not invited Taiwan and repeatedly rejected its willingness to participate in the exhibition. Later, because "Taoyama Digital Technology Co., Ltd." is located in Tokyo, it has been approved by relevant Japanese departments and is a "Japanese company". The organizer approved it to participate in the Osaka World Expo.
Source: Reference Message Network
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