19 Jul, 2007 in Asia-Israel connections, China, Taiwan by Fili An

Even in Israel - Chinese and Taiwanese fight over Taiwan’s flag display

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Now in Israel - Chinese and Taiwanese fight over a Taiwan flag display in one small Israeli folk dance festival almost no one I know has heard of.
Here’s from Taipei Times’  "Dance turns nationalist at Israeli folkdance festival":
 

Chinese performers at an international folkdance festival in Israel touched off a diplomatic flap earlier this month by [...]

23 Oct, 2006 in Chinese Studies by Fili An

Chinese Character Discrimination for Jews and Muslims?

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Are the Chinese characters for Jews and Islam demeaning? An old article by the Taipei Times sent to me by a reader suggests that might be true. Published on Aug 23-2005 and titled “Chinese words for Jews and Islam are demeaning: group” the article has the following :
 

A peace group yesterday called on the public [...]