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By Wu Po-hsuan and Jonathan Chin / Team reporter, with personnel writer
A France-dependent baking competition sparked anger following the organizers referred to Taiwan’s champion bakers as symbolizing “Chinese Taipei” on the event’s Fb webpage.
A team of Taiwanese bakers coached by Wu Wu-hsien (吳武憲) received very first area in a discipline of 10 teams at the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, held from Saturday last week to Monday at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
The anthem and flag of the Republic of China (ROC) were highlighted at Tuesday’s award ceremony, the Taiwan Agent Business office in France wrote on Twitter.
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Nonetheless, the reference to “Chinese Taipei” led to a flurry of problems on the competition’s social media, from Taiwanese students and customers of the Taiwanese-French neighborhood.
Foods blogger and classically properly trained French baker Chen Ying (陳穎) said that the country’s bakers competed in the celebration as “Taiwan” until finally past yr, when organizers asked for the use of the title “Chinese Taipei.”
No bakers from China competed in the celebration this yr, which may possibly have accounted for the presence of the ROC flag and countrywide anthem during the awards ceremony, Chen stated.
This differed from the 2018 event, when Taiwanese bakers were advised that they could not display screen the flag or say “Taiwan” or “Republic of China” when discussing their creations or accepting awards.
Chen has not obtained a reaction to messages of protest prepared on Twitter and tagged to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and the representative office in France. 
The governing administration will have to focus on the issue with the event’s organizers and not just honor the victory of the Taiwanese bakers, Taiwanese-French graphic novelist Lin Li-ching (林莉菁) explained.
“If China can pressure the organizer to omit the title of Taiwan without having possessing a crew in the competitiveness, it would be more difficult for Taiwan to use its identify when Chinese bakers start out taking part in the celebration frequently,” she reported.
Separately, Wu on Thursday tested favourable for COVID-19 on his return from Paris.
The baker was taken by ambulance from a hangar at Taiwan Taoyuan Worldwide Airport adhering to the exam, which is a regime measure for arriving tourists.
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