2021年8月3日 星期二

【中/EN】蔡英文推特#ROC旁呈俄奧會會旗,蔡政府應表達關切 Russian Olympic Committee Flag Appearing Next to President Tsai’s #ROC Tweet, Tsai Administration Should Convey Its Concern

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蔡英文推特#ROC旁呈俄奧會會旗,蔡政府應表達關切


有關中國國民黨官方推特中我國英文國名縮寫ROC旁遭自動呈現俄羅斯奧會會旗縮圖一事,國民黨今(3)日表示,推特Twitter經常會因應趨勢變化而推出內建關鍵字的表情符號,這次#ROC呈現俄羅斯奧會會旗縮圖,並且往前溯及,因此,包括蔡英文總統2017年官方推特上#ROC,目前字樣旁也呈現俄羅斯奧會會旗縮圖。國民黨強調,這是推特官方系統性的處理,但ROC一直以來是中華民國Republic of China英文縮寫的象徵,蔡英文政府不應該漠視不理,應向推特表達嚴正的關切,要求推特官方做出適當的修正。


國民黨強調,這次俄羅斯代表團無法以國家名義出賽,因此改用俄羅斯奧會名義出賽,其英文縮寫與我國國號英文縮寫同樣為ROC。這次推特官方將貼文上#ROC的字樣皆系統性地自動呈現俄羅斯奧會會旗縮圖,不僅是新的貼文,甚至將過往貼文的#ROC字樣旁也同樣呈現俄羅斯奧會會旗縮圖,確實造成我國國人及相關單位在推特上使用#ROC的困擾,也易造成國際間混淆。


國民黨表示,ROC是我國英文名稱Republic of China的縮寫,我國民間及官方的對外上也經常使用ROC縮寫來代表我國,甚至我國外交部推特帳號的名稱「 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC」,也是以「ROC」代表我國國號的英文縮寫。這次推特事件,不僅蔡英文總統官方推特過往貼文的#ROC字樣旁出現俄羅斯奧會會旗縮圖,民間團體的推特貼文例如蘋果日報、美國之音等媒體官方推特的過往貼文現今也出現同樣的情況。


國民黨強調,推特Twitter的系統性處理並非刻意為之,但蔡英文政府面對我國國號縮寫旁呈現其他旗幟圖樣,應該表達關切,要求推特官方做出適當的修正,避免造成國人使用上的困擾與國際間對我國國號的混淆。


Press Release
Culture and Communications Committee, Kuomintang
August 3, 2021   

 

Russian Olympic Committee Flag Appearing Next to President Tsai’s #ROC Tweet, Tsai Administration Should Convey Its Concern 

 

Regarding the issue of the Russian Olympic Committee’s flag appearing next to our country name’s abbreviation #ROC within official Kuomintang (KMT) tweets, the KMT states that Twitter frequently goes along with the latest trends and pushes built-in symbols to go along with hashtags. This time, when tagging #ROC, the Russian Olympic Committee’s flag appears. Furthermore, this appearance of that flag applies retroactively, and thus the Russian Olympic Committee’s flag appears even on President Tsai’s official 2017 tweet when she tagged #ROC. The KMT emphasizes that this is Twitter’s official systematic process, but the ROC has always signified the English abbreviation for the Republic of China. The Tsai administration should not ignore this issue. It should express our solemn concerns to Twitter and request that Twitter makes appropriate revisions regarding this issue.

 

The KMT emphasizes that the Russian team was unable to compete in the Olympics under the name of its country, and they thus competed with the name Russian Olympic Committee instead; the English abbreviation of this name and the English abbreviation of our nation are both ROC. Furthermore, this time Twitter has automatically attached the Russian Olympic Committee flag to #ROC throughout its entire system, not only in new tweets, but all past tweets containing #ROC also have had the Russian Olympic Committee flag attached to them. This has truly caused a complex situation for our compatriots and other relevant parties when tagging #ROC on Twitter; it has also caused confusion on the international stage.


The KMT states that ROC is the abbreviation of our English name the Republic of China. Our nation’s people and government officials use the ROC abbreviation to represent our nation in foreign relations, so much so that the “ROC” in our nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Twitter account “Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC” represents the English abbreviation of our nation’s official name. This Twitter incident has not only caused President Tsai Ing-wen’s past official tweets to display the Russian Olympic Committee flag next to #ROC, the tweets of non-governmental organizations, such as Apple Daily, the Voice of America, and other media outlets, to also suffer the same fate.


The KMT emphasizes that Twitter’s automated system wasn’t the result of deliberate efforts, but the Tsai Ing-wen administration, confronted with the appearance of another flag next to the abbreviation of our nation’s official name, should express deep concerns and request that Twitter makes suitable revisions to its system. In this way, inconvenience and confusion regarding our nation’s official title among the international community can be avoided when our compatriots use Twitter.

 

 (This is an abridged English translation of an official Kuomintang Chinese-language press release.)

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