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‘Korea (South)’ on arrival cards? Taipei hits back at Seoul, Copenhagen over ‘China’ labels
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For the Taiwanese government, these naming disputes are not merely an administrative inconvenience, but key to maintaining its visibility.
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TAIPEI – First, Taipei threatened diplomatic countermeasures against Seoul. Now, Copenhagen has also been singled out.
While Taiwan has traditionally relied on verbal protests to stand its ground during diplomatic disputes, the island’s recent actions against South Korea and Denmark have been uncharacteristically sharp as they involve direct retaliatory measures.
