抗議Google主動矮化台灣
台聯要求政府嚴正抗議 以正視聽
(本報訊)台灣團結聯盟立法院黨團今天（3日）召開記者會，針對網路搜尋引擎Google將台灣定位為「中國的一個省」提出嚴厲抗議。台聯立委認為Google擅自將台灣定位為中國的一部分，既不符國際現勢，更嚴重誤導國際視聽；台聯要求政府正視此一錯誤，以國家立場向Google提出抗議，並呼籲國人寄出要求更正信，直到其改正為止。
台聯表示，從Google的地圖搜尋中鍵入「TAIWAN」後所出現的台灣地圖，其下方說明寫著「Taiwan, The Province of China.」即是台灣是中國的一個省份；這種說法根本不是目前國際認知台灣的默契，更不是不分藍綠的台灣人所能接受的。台灣就是台灣，台灣從未接受過中國的統治，中國也從未有官員、軍隊在台灣，說台灣是中國的一部分實在是太牽強。Google硬要說台灣是中國的一部分不知道依據的標準何在？台聯要求政府應該要求Google明確將台灣定義為「一個獨立國家」、「Taiwan, Is An Independent State in Asia.」。
台聯要求外交部、行政院新聞局必須針對此一荒謬的錯誤，立即以國家名義向該公司提出更正要求；同時，台聯呼籲台灣人應該拿出具體行動，向Google客服部門發出抗議信（網址：http://www.google.com/support/maps/bin/request.py）；台聯也將該英文抗議信公布於台灣團結聯盟的官方網站上，希望用具體行動表達台灣人的抗議。
Dear Google,
In your map listings, I noticed that you list Taiwan as a province of China again. Please remove “Province of China” from the list of Taiwan.
I have written a letter about this matter before and glad to see you correctly listing Taiwan as Taiwan. But today I found that you list Taiwan as province of China again.
Taiwan is an independent nation and is not a province of China. The only country in the world that thinks that Taiwan is a province of China is China. Other countries have kowtowed to China's fantasies, but the reality is that Taiwan is a state with its own government, own elections, its own currency and its own defined territory. Taiwan negotiates its own treaties and has its own president. By definition, a province of a country, can not and does not do this.
Taiwan does not claim to represent China, but China wrongly claims to represent Taiwan. Listing Taiwan as a province of China is incorrect.
A country, such as China, regardless of how economically powerful, should not dictate to a venerable hi-tech company such as Google, what to write and how to write it. As a hi-tech portal site, Google Maps should strive to list the truth. This listing of Taiwan as a province of China, smacks against this principle.
Again, please remove “Province of China” from the list of Taiwan.
Thanks.
(本報訊)台灣團結聯盟立法院黨團今天（3日）召開記者會，針對網路搜尋引擎Google將台灣定位為「中國的一個省」提出嚴厲抗議。台聯立委認為Google擅自將台灣定位為中國的一部分，既不符國際現勢，更嚴重誤導國際視聽；台聯要求政府正視此一錯誤，以國家立場向Google提出抗議，並呼籲國人寄出要求更正信，直到其改正為止。
台聯表示，從Google的地圖搜尋中鍵入「TAIWAN」後所出現的台灣地圖，其下方說明寫著「Taiwan, The Province of China.」即是台灣是中國的一個省份；這種說法根本不是目前國際認知台灣的默契，更不是不分藍綠的台灣人所能接受的。台灣就是台灣，台灣從未接受過中國的統治，中國也從未有官員、軍隊在台灣，說台灣是中國的一部分實在是太牽強。Google硬要說台灣是中國的一部分不知道依據的標準何在？台聯要求政府應該要求Google明確將台灣定義為「一個獨立國家」、「Taiwan, Is An Independent State in Asia.」。
台聯要求外交部、行政院新聞局必須針對此一荒謬的錯誤，立即以國家名義向該公司提出更正要求；同時，台聯呼籲台灣人應該拿出具體行動，向Google客服部門發出抗議信（網址：http://www.google.com/support/maps/bin/request.py）；台聯也將該英文抗議信公布於台灣團結聯盟的官方網站上，希望用具體行動表達台灣人的抗議。
Dear Google,
In your map listings, I noticed that you list Taiwan as a province of China again. Please remove “Province of China” from the list of Taiwan.
I have written a letter about this matter before and glad to see you correctly listing Taiwan as Taiwan. But today I found that you list Taiwan as province of China again.
Taiwan is an independent nation and is not a province of China. The only country in the world that thinks that Taiwan is a province of China is China. Other countries have kowtowed to China's fantasies, but the reality is that Taiwan is a state with its own government, own elections, its own currency and its own defined territory. Taiwan negotiates its own treaties and has its own president. By definition, a province of a country, can not and does not do this.
Taiwan does not claim to represent China, but China wrongly claims to represent Taiwan. Listing Taiwan as a province of China is incorrect.
A country, such as China, regardless of how economically powerful, should not dictate to a venerable hi-tech company such as Google, what to write and how to write it. As a hi-tech portal site, Google Maps should strive to list the truth. This listing of Taiwan as a province of China, smacks against this principle.
Again, please remove “Province of China” from the list of Taiwan.
Thanks.
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