TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- On its Twitter feed on Friday (March 1), Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), used the mascot OhBear to mock China's state-run CCTV for describing Yangmingshan National Park as being in "southeast China."
On Thursday (Feb. 28), CCTV posted a tweet which included cherry trees in bloom and described the photos as showing tourists enjoying scenery in Yangmingshan National Park in "Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan."
Photo taken by cellphone on Feb. 27, 2019 shows tourists enjoying the scenery of Yangming Mountain Park in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. #SeeChina #HiChina pic.twitter.com/VB5wbEf6xG
— CCTV (@CCTV) 2019年2月28日
The next day, MOFA replied on Twitter by writing that "Taiwan's OhBear was dismayed by CCTV's factual error." It went on to explain that the Yangmingshan National Park is in "TAIWAN" in all caps, and is not "southeast China."
Taiwan’s #OhBear is dismayed by @CCTV’s factual error. Yangmingshan National Park is in #TAIWAN, not southeast #China. Please correct this mistake immediately. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/iass85Nhff
— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan)
MOFA then asked that the mistake be corrected immediately.
MOFA added a comment below which stated that "Tweeting is fun" and that "people in China should be allowed to enjoy it too." MOFA also emphasized that there is "no need to fear wumao, as we don't have any in Taiwan."
The term "wumao" is used to describe China's legions of trolls recruited to spread disinformation on social media at the alleged price of five mao (0.5 Chinese yuan) per comment.
CCTV has yet to respond to MOFA's tweet.




