August 22, 2024 – 09:07
The Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir gave a very successful concert in Nyiregyhaza, with its members displaying the Taiwanese flag behind them when they were on stage, but on the last day of the choir festival, they had to take the flag off the stage. 444.hu writes. Choir of the 15th. Guest of the Cantimus International Choral Festival, Taiwan News Agency and Szabolcs County Sazon.He They also reported at the ceremony that the East Asian contingent had been a great success, but on the last day of the multi-day event, they lowered the flag of the Republic of China, i.e. Taiwan.
“According to the organizers, the festival has a huge media impact, and from the Chinese embassy to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, they put pressure on the Hungarian Foreign Ministry to have the festival organizers remove the flag of the Republic of China,” he added.
He said National News Agency The choir's director, Ko Yu-chung, told the Taiwan News Agency that the organizers had continued to apologize to the choir but had to make the decision due to government pressure. “We understand,” Ko said, adding that this was not the first time they had faced protests from the Chinese embassy.
“The Monday evening concert started with the Pro Musica Girls Choir, then the Taiwanese band took the stage with great success, and the choir was rewarded with continuous applause at the end of the concert. “At the end, the Pro Musica Girls Choir and the Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir sang Zoltán Kodály’s piece Túrót eszik a gygány,” wrote Szabolcs County. News Portal.
We also wrote in detail about the background to the tensions between Taiwan and China during the presidential election in January. Taiwan’s new president, William Lai (Lai Ching-teo), was inaugurated in May, and in his speech, William Lai (Lai Ching-teo) asked China to stop military and political threats. As a journalist, we watched Lai’s inauguration ceremony on the spot, in the square outside Taiwan’s presidential palace, and you can read our report again here. The new chapter of Taiwan’s democracy opened with Chinese military drills, parliamentary brawls, and hundreds of thousands of demonstrations, and we wrote about it here.
