UAE Orders Taiwan Flight-Attendants to Wear PRC Flag

United Arab Emirates today ordered Taiwanese flight attendants to wear badges bearing the flag of the People’s Republic of China. A little more than an hour later, the Uniform Standards and Development Officer apologized and rescinded the order to wear the PRC flag, but maintained that the Taiwan ROC flag must not be worn. At 2.25pm, May 30, an email was allegedly sent to flight attendants stating: “We have been instructed by the Chinese Government that with immediate effect Emirates