Petition Calls for Swedish Tax Office to Remove Designation of Taiwan as “Province of China”

The Swedish Taiwanese Friendship Association has launched a petition to demand the Swedish Tax Office remove the designation of Taiwan as a province of China. The tax office announced it would change the name starting today, March 12, 2018. Ironically, the tax office announcement was made February 28 this year, on the anniversary of the “228 Incident.” The STFA petition calls the term “Taiwan, Province of China” offensive. The Swedish Tax Office claims that the name change is a purely