
The outer marquee of the Taipei Arena plays the words "Taiwan Sovereignty" in a way that belittles Taiwan's sovereignty. Lawmakers question Chiang Wanan and the city government's supervision mechanism is in name only.
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South Korean girl group IVE held a concert at the Taipei Arena, and controversial words appeared on the exterior advertising boards.
Taipei City Councilor Zhang Wenjie. (Provided by Zhang Wenjie’s office)
The popular South Korean girl group IVE performed at the Taipei Arena, and the "Taipei Canopy" on the outer wall actually played a support video with "Welcome to Chinese Taipei" written on it, causing an uproar in the society. Taipei City Songshan Xinyi Councilor Zhang Wenjie strongly questioned the effectiveness of the Jiang Wanan City Government's control mechanism, and criticized the city government for allowing public venues to become self-dwarfing propaganda signs.
Zhang Wenjie pointed out that the Taipei Arena is the most representative public art and cultural venue in Taipei City, and the outer canopy is the core signboard standing on the main road in the capital. Overseas fan groups gathered funds to use words that belittled Taiwan's sovereignty, but the Taipei City Government was not aware of it and took it all in and broadcast it for several days. The city government keeps saying that it wants to promote Taipei internationally, but in reality it cannot even keep the signs of its own venues, allowing Taipei people to see the dignity of the country being trampled on on their own land.
In response to Beijie Recreation Company's subsequent response that "advertisements are run by agents and do not represent the venue's position," Zhang Wenjie criticized this as a standard blame-shifting mentality. The fact that the city government outsources business operation does not in any way mean that it can relieve itself of administrative responsibilities for supervision and management. There should be clear censorship regulations for commercial advertisements of public assets. Allowing controversial content to be posted would be a serious dereliction of duty by the competent authorities. The city government angrily criticized the government and could not just blame it on outsourced manufacturers if something goes wrong.
South Korean girl group IVE held a world tour concert at the Taipei Arena. Unexpectedly, a "Chinese Taipei" support video appeared on the giant digital signage "Taipei Canopy" on the exterior wall of the Arena. (Picture taken from Threads)

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South Korean girl group IVE held a concert at the Taipei Arena, and the words "Chinese Taipei" appeared on the exterior wall of the support video, causing controversy. Taipei City Councilor Hong Jianyi criticized the responsibility of the organizers and asked Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan to respond immediately, otherwise it will be deemed to agree with the remarks.

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