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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 worlds 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 Peoples 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
(23,344 posts)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
(11,001 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)It's what they want. It's the right thing.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,344 posts)and his adventures with Crimea and other parts of Ukraine.
If he can get away with it ...
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)We chat on line all the time. She has never felt threatened by China, and feels they will always be separate.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)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
(29,257 posts)And they are very friendly to Japanese and like Japan very much.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Yeah, its from RT, but this video speaks for itself. No shoes thrown that I could see, though.