Taiwan protests against UN report for labeling it as ‘province of China’
A recent global happiness report issued by the United Nations (UN) is facing severe criticism from Taiwan for listing it as “province of China”.On March 20, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the UN released its World Happiness Report 2021, a global ranking of happiness levels across 149 countries. The report however has labeled Taiwan as a “province of China” since it is not a member of the UN.Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its dismay about the mislabeling in the World Happiness Report and stressed that Taiwan has its own government and sovereignty and has never been governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Taiwan’s representative office in New York said in a Twitter post that it has launched a protest demanding respect for the country’s sovereignty and...