Chinese Students Kicked Out Of Harvard Conference After Taiwan Row

[mfcorey1]

Delegates at a model United Nations Conference got a taste of a real life international row after Chinese students and US organizers clashed over one of the world’s most delicate diplomatic talking points – Taiwan.

The row came at the normally cordial Harvard Model United Nations conference in Boston, in which high school students from around the world get together every year to discuss international relations and to foster an open dialogue on complex global issues. The format is based on simulations and by assuming the roles of UN representatives and other international bodies.

This year, however, participants got an unexpected taste of just how complex and infected global conflicts can be in the real world.

It all started on the evening of January 29, when members of the Chinese delegation noticed that Taiwan was listed as an independent country in the official delegates’ handbook.

China and Taiwan — officially the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China — separated in 1949 following a civil war. But China still claims Taiwan as its territory and, to this day, is reported to have 2,000 missiles pointed at the island.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/02/09/chinese-students-kicked-out-of-harvard-conference-after-taiwan-row/

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. ... January 29, when members of the Chinese delegation noticed ...

I think you put a link to the article, but it doesn't work.

I just wonder if this was noticed on Jan 29, or if it was known well in advance. Could this be "spontaneous outrage" that was pre-planned and rehearsed?

[mfcorey1]

3. Here is the correct link:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/02/09/chinese-students-kicked-out-of-harvard-conference-after-taiwan-row/

[Bonobo]

2. Independence for Taiwan

It's what they want. It's the right thing.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. PRC leadership is probably watching Putin

and his adventures with Crimea and other parts of Ukraine.

If he can get away with it ...

[yuiyoshida]

5. I have a dear friend from Taipei

We chat on line all the time. She has never felt threatened by China, and feels they will always be separate.

[Bonobo]

7. Opinions vary widely there on that issue. nt

[yuiyoshida]

8. She has often invited me to move to Taipei

I would mention that I wouldn't want to live there, for fear Taipei would become the next Hong Kong with China cracking down on its citizens. She laughed and said it will never happen there.. I hope she is right.

[Bonobo]

9. I liked Taipei.

And they are very friendly to Japanese and like Japan very much.

[yuiyoshida]

10. I have heard this as well

[hifiguy]

6. So they're copying the Taiwanese parliament?

Yeah, its from RT, but this video speaks for itself. No shoes thrown that I could see, though.