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Amendments to the Name Act were passed by the Legislative Yuan May 14, allowing Indigenous people to use ethnic names in their own language without Chinese names, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
The amendments lifted current legal requirements that stipulate an Indigenous person's name should be registered in Chinese characters only, or together with a Romanized form of their Indigenous name, the MOI said. Legally, any person can change name up to three times, but now changing names due to Indigenous heritage will not be counted as one of the permitted number of changes.
Under the amendments, Indigenous people who have their ethnic name on their birth certificate or household registration documents can change it to Chinese and switch it again from Chinese to their ethnic name afterwards, but such changes would only be allowed once, respectively, the MOI said.
According to the MOI Minister Lin Yu-chang, passing these amendments demonstrates recognition of diversity in Taiwan. They will facilitate integration and equality among ethnic groups and contribute to better mutual understanding, he said.
The amendments also provide legal protection for Indigenous cultures and customs, in which language plays a key part, Lin said. He added that the ministry will continue to encourage these groups to maintain their identities and the MOI is committed to working with other ministries and agencies to improve such measures. (YCH-E)
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Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu said that it is critical for democratic countries to join together in support of Taiwan and Ukraine to deter authoritarian aggression and preserve the international rules-based order.
The minister made the remarks in an article entitled "Defending Taiwan by Defending Ukraine: The Interconnected Fates of the World's Democracies" published May 9 on prominent U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs' website.
In light of Chinese military support for Russia and the two regimes' "no-limits partnership," democratic cooperation has become increasingly important, Wu said, adding that economic, humanitarian and military backing for Ukraine must be sustained, as the geostrategic interests of democracies are closely linked. Taiwan has accordingly welcomed the recent U.S. congressional resolution on military aid for Ukraine.
According to the minister, Taiwan is equally vital to the international order. The country's security is not just an economic issue but also a matter of geostrategic importance since Taiwan Strait peace is essential to maintaining U.S. coalition systems, regional balance and the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, which Wu called the three pillars of long-term stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
Taiwan has made considerable progress in enhancing its self-defense capabilities, Wu said, adding that as a responsible member of the international community, Taiwan will steadfastly do its part to preserve the cross-strait status quo and regional peace.
The minister asserted that Taiwan Strait peace is a global issue, with the long-standing trilateral security partnership between Australia, Japan and the U.S., along with another between Australia, the U.K and the U.S. and other emerging security frameworks, helping lay a solid foundation for regional stability.
Wu also urged the international community step up efforts to preserve the status quo in three areas, namely countering China's gray-zone coercion, integrating Taiwan into international economic mechanisms such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and opposing China's distortion of U.N. Resolution 2758 while executing freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait, Wu added. (POC-E)
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