Taipei should change its name at an international fishery conference from “Chinese Taipei” to “Taiwan” as the meeting is not relevant to the APEC, said a Japanese researcher of Taiwan-Japan relations, in a recent letter to Taiwan’s online media outlet CredereMedia.
Taiwanese, Japanese, Chinese and South Korean officials have been participating in the Informal Conference on International Cooperation in Conservation and Management of Eel Resources since 2012 to jointly promote the “closed fishing seasons,” “closed fishing areas” and other eel fishery conservation and management measures.
Hideki Nagayama said he had inquired with the Fisheries Division under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and unlike APEC, the meeting on eel fishery does not require Taiwan to adopt “Chinese Taipei” as its name, he said.
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However, Taiwan has been accepting the use of “Chinese Taipei,” he said.
Taiwan should take the most proper course of action by asking to change its name, he added.
“Of course, China would definitely oppose such a move,” he said. “Once Taiwan makes its voice heard, at least Japanese and South Korean governments and people in these two countries would know calling Taiwan ‘Chinese Taipei’ is a serious mistake.”
The Fishery Administration yesterday said the meeting has been proceeding under the framework of APEC, which Taiwan joined in 1991 under the name of “Chinese Taipei.”
All APEC members participate in its activities as economic entities, and Taiwan did not join the forum in ways harming its national dignity, the administration said.
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