Chang Lei-an, Miss Taiwan
Chinese Beijing Harrasses Miss Taiwan
Miss Taiwan, Chang Lei-an, is in the Miss Universe pageant. But it turns out she is really Miss Chinese Taipei. The ChiComs got all in a huff like they do and demanded that Miss Taiwan not compete under that name (Miss Taiwan, ROC) but use the name Miss Chinese Taipei. The pageant acquiesced.
The news showed her with her new "Chinese Taipei" banner.
Here she is with her original banner and the new one
The pageant web site (www.missuniverse.com) has made the changes. In their "delegates" section (they call the gals "delegates" not contestants) they dutifully have an entry for the country "Chinese Taipei".
What's funny is that there is no Miss China. Why are the ChiComs complaining when there isn't even a "delegate" from China? I'm not sure why there is no Miss China in the pageant, but there's not. There is a Miss Hong Kong. The ChiComs didn't insist she be called Miss Chinese Hong Kong.
But if you take a look at the pageant photo pages you'll see one of the pre-pageant publicity photos with here wearing the Miss Taiwan banner. It shows just how quickly they acquiesced to the communist demands. The web site didn't have a chance ot pull this photo with the original Miss Taiwan banner. They also overlooked the caption which called her "Miss Taiwan 2000".
Here is Miss "Chinese Taipei" with her original banner
Angelique Romou, Miss St. Martin 2000, Helen Lindes, Miss Spain 2000, Eunice Elizabeth Olsen, Miss Singapore 2000, and Lei-Ann Chang, Miss Taiwan 2000, model their Oscar de la Renta swimwear while taping on location at the Rock of Aphrodite on April 25 in Cyprus.
From This Miss Universe Web Page
This is a perfect example of the CCP insecurity. If Hong Kong doesn't need to be called Chinese Hong Kong, why Taiwan? It's because the CCP know that people know Taiwan is not part of their China. If they were confident in their claims and if the world accepted their claim as reailty, the name wouldn't matter.
Someone wrote a letter to the Bangkok Post about this:
BANGKOK POST May 11, 2000Postbag: Does she represent Taipei alone?
China's interference in Taiwan's affairs is now seen everywhere.
At the Miss Universe Contest this year, Chinese protests forced Miss Taiwan to become "Miss Chinese Taipei".
This is absurd. The contest is held on a country basis. So why is there the name of a city, Taipei? Does this young lady represent only the city of Taipei and not the rest of Taiwan? The term also implies that Taipei belongs to China.
Instead of being humiliated this way, why doesn't Taiwan choose to withdraw from the contest to show its guts?
P. Surasak
This is just another example of how low the Chinese Communists will sink to continue living in their make-believe world and how they try to enforce this delusion on the rest of the world.
I've thought it stupid that they insist on calling Taiwan Chinese Taipei. I think that mainland China should then be called... Chinese Beijing
MSTKG
