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«——[·Preface·] ——»
Recently, the most concerned thing is the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
At the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games, when the delegation from Taiwan Province entered, four big characters appeared on the screen behind it: "Chinese Taipei".
And the CCTV commentator resolutely changed "Chinese Taipei" to "Chinese Taipei" after seeing it!
This move instantly aroused widespread discussion, what is the difference between this "hua" character and the word "country"?
«——[·Opening Episode·]——»
On September 23, 2023, the 19th Asian Games kicked off in Hangzhou, with more than 10,000 athletes participating in the Asian Games, which is the third major event to be held in China.
This shows the importance of the Asian Games, which are held every four years and are held by the member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia on a rotational basis.
This year, it was China's turn to host the Asian Games, and when the news that the Asian Games were located in Hangzhou was announced, the entire people of Hangzhou began to prepare, determined to show their best side.
In order to be able to feel the warmth brought to them by China when other friends come here, and to be able to show China's characteristic culture.
So a few minutes before the official opening ceremony, how many people waited with bated breath.
And when it officially opened, Hangzhou did not disappoint, its shock is beyond words, after that, the athlete teams of each country also walked out one by one, they are ready to win glory for the country.
However, when the Taiwanese team walked out, the huge display behind them was written with four big characters "Chinese Taipei", and the English translation below corresponded to the Chinese Taipei.
At that time, the commentator was only stunned after seeing it, and then resolutely interpreted "Chinese Taipei" as "Chinese Taipei", although this is only a word difference, but it contains profound political and historical significance.
«——[·The difference between the word difference·] ——»
As everyone knows, the Taiwan issue is an issue left over from history, and Taiwan's unreunification has always been a thorn in the heart of every Chinese.
Taiwan independence elements are becoming increasingly rampant, constantly trying to obscure the true ownership of the Taiwan region, and even recently conducted joint military exercises with the United States that have often violated the one-China principle.
However, Taiwan has been an inalienable part of China since ancient times, and the commentator corrects a word on the surface, but in fact corrects territorial rights.
Although there is only one word difference between "Chinese Taipei" and "Chinese Taipei", in our view, "China" and "China" represent China, and there is no difference in either use.
In fact, the difference between one word and one word is indeed very big, China represents democracy, China represents the country, if you use Chinese Taipei, it can only show that the people in Taiwan are the Chinese nation.
Therefore, China has always advocated the use of the title "Chinese Taipei" to refer to the Taiwan region.
This is not only to emphasize that Taiwan's land is an inalienable part of China, but also to reflect the political color of the Taiwan region in the international community and the mainland's firm position in dealing with the Taiwan region.
Although there is no difference between the two on the surface, the two still have different meanings in different contexts, and it is inevitable that intentional Taiwan independence elements will deliberately blur the concept of the middle and vainly try to separate Taiwan from China.
At the opening ceremony in Hangzhou, when the Hong Kong delegation and the Macao delegation entered, the big screen behind them typed "Hong Kong, China" and "Macao, China" respectively, corresponding to "China" in English.
This unified naming method undoubtedly sends a clear message: Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are all part of China.
Therefore, in the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, the narrator's reading is commendable, because it reflects the faithfulness to the facts and firm support for China's territorial integrity.
As part of China, it is very appropriate for athletes of Taiwan Province to use the name "Taiwan of China" in international sporting events, which also helps to eliminate geopolitical distractions and return the focus of sports to the event itself.
This Asian Games is not only a stage for athletes from all over the world to compete, but also a prosperous era witnessed by the national community, and the Taiwan delegation entered the stadium with a happy expression, as if they had returned to their homeland.
This also shows that the overwhelming majority of the people in Taiwan Province have a longing for the motherland in their hearts and look forward to returning to the embrace of the motherland at an early date and realizing peaceful reunification across the strait.
We look forward to the fact that in future international sports events, the Taiwan delegation will be able to use the name "Taiwan of China" to convey the message of peace, friendship and cooperation through sports.
As a part of China, Taiwan Province will continue to play an active role in international sports events and contribute to the rise and prosperity of the Chinese nation.
In addition, in this well-planned feast, it is inevitable that there will be some small mistakes and episodes, and in the face of these mistakes, everyone has a different understanding.
Netizen spicy comment: If avoided, this opening ceremony will be more perfect, and the individual mistakes in the opening ceremony are very serious mistakes and the wrong decision of planning.
«——[·Heaven is not beautiful.] ——»
The water drum performance of the opening ceremony of Hangzhou, I believe that many audiences will find that some of the water drum lights are not lit, which causes the whole stage to look a little uneven, destroying the integrity of the dance.
Many people said that since they want to do such a big event, they should be checked in three before appearing, and there should be no such serious mistakes.
But in fact, when we know the inside story, we can also understand, after all, it is because the sky is not beautiful.
Recently, Hangzhou is rainy weather, the light strip equipment is most afraid of water, even if all the staff are careful to maintain, but the venue is still flooded, some of the water drum light strip in contact with water has a problem.
However, this change did not affect our actors, regardless of the equipment and perfect lighting, the actors still worked hard to perform on the stage.
Many children couldn't even shoot the ball because of water stains, but none of them gave up, but through different performance methods, they emitted different lights.
We can also understand the atmosphere of netizens, and each of us also hopes to make this event perfect, but some unpredictable factors will still exist.
What we can do is not to be disturbed by external factors, and to perfectly embody the spirit of our nation not to admit defeat and not admit defeat.
«——[·Thought-provoking by language.]——»
One of the most controversial parts is the oath.
Because as the host of this Asian Games, we Chinese athletes used English when we took the oath.
This makes many viewers unable to understand, how did the oath of Chinese, which was used before, become English this year? Is it that Chinese too hot to speak?
Therefore, most of the audience believes that the Hangzhou organizer's decision this time is a serious mistake, but what we don't know is that there is actually a lot of meaning behind this decision.
Although China is the most widely spoken language, the international lingua franca is still English.
As the host, the mainland needs to take care of the hearts of all the participants, so after a long period of internal consultation, it was decided to use English to take the oath.
So while we are angry about this incident, we also raise a question worth pondering: when will Chinese be as hyped as English?
Wouldn't it be cooler that we look forward to the day when Chinese can be used in full so that no matter which country takes the oath, it will take Chinese into account?
«——[·The order of admission has been greatly changed.] ——»
This year, the mainland has also made changes in the order of delegations entering the country.
At the 2008 Olympic Games, the order of the Chinese delegation was determined by Chinese character strokes, and all Chinese people felt that this method was very Chinese characteristics, but this time the Hangzhou Asian Games did not continue this feature.
The order of admission of the Asian Games delegation has changed from the method of using Chinese characters to the order of the first letter of the English name, which has become nothing new.
So this change has caused a lot of controversy, because doing so will lose the uniqueness of traditional Chinese culture.
But if you think about it in another direction, if you simply use China's unique way to sort the admission order of many countries, it will definitely be puzzled by many foreigners.
And in the internationally recognized English order, then those countries with ideas will no longer "pick bones in the egg" and call China "stingy".
Of course, this is just the editor's own selfish idea, and the state's adoption of this plan must have been carefully considered and had other considerations.
«——[·Summary·] ——»
Although, the Asian Games were very controversial about mistakes and ideas at the opening ceremony.
But again, there is room for improvement when there are mistakes, we can't be perfect, but we can keep improving.
Moreover, as an important event, the Asian Games is bound to receive a lot of international attention, and some people may think that on such a major international occasion, the change of the title of "Chinese Taipei" or "Chinese Taipei" is too stingy and unworthy of the style of a big country.
But on the contrary, changing this title is the correct embodiment of the style of a great power.
Taiwan is more like a child of the motherland, as a mother, how can you not pay attention to your children when there is any sign that they have been taken away?
This is not only a title, but also represents a clear attitude that cannot be ambiguously taken on matters of national territorial sovereignty.
At the same time, the emergence of these problems also brings us a wake-up call and motivates us to present the event more perfectly next time.