Memorial Day, Flying Tiger, and the National flag of ROC (Taiwan)
Two picture of the 2009 Memorial Day Parade caught my attention. The first one shows the National flag of ROC (Taiwan) among the "World War II Allied Nation Flags" team. The second one features the Taiwan sponsored "We Salute Our Flying Tiger Heroes" team.
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What's interesting is, there is no ROC Taiwan national flag on the on the second picture, instead there are Taiwan maps everywhere, even on the USA flags.
It is not surprising that the self-national-identity among Taiwan people is diverse. While some people accept the Republic of China (ROC, the formal name of China during and after WW2, before the Communists took power and formed People's Republic of China, PRC. The old ROC government then retreated to Taiwan.) flag as their national flag, others who are seeking independence, not just from mainland China, but also from the old ROC government, tend to reject or ignore the same flag as their national flag. They very often advocate using a flag with a green Taiwan map on it as the national flag.
What's really interesting is, generally speaking, those who don't agree with the ROC national flag don't see the victory of allied nations as their victory. After all, we have to remember that Taiwan was a colony of Japan during that time. So I am wondering who are those people in the second picture? While not using the ROC flag (seems intentionally), they saluted an important piece of ROC history. And what are the two framed picture on the stage? A jet fighter and a carrier? What Flying Tiger has to do with those stuff?
Comments
Posted by: Pheretima
Posted on: May 30, 2009 01:22 AM
Was this decoration made by the Taipei Representative Office or just by the loacl Taiwance community?
But their intention is clear. First, to thank the US to protect us, and second, to show the figure of Taiwan. And they did it.