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Response to
E-mail Allegations That Human Fetuses are Eaten in Taiwan.
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Published: July 18, 2001
Source: Government Information Office, Taiwan.


The ROC Government Information Office (GIO) deeply regrets the
reappearance and circulation on the Internet of baseless
allegations that dead babies or aborted fetuses are eaten in
Taiwan, and asks those who receive such messages to ignore them,
and not forward such outrageous claims to others.

Moreover, the GIO wishes to take this opportunity to explain
the truth behind the rumors and the photos.

The allegations surfaced earlier this year in "Warta Perdana,"
a sensationalist Malaysian tabloid.

Accompanied by pictures of a man eating what appears to be a
dead baby, the magazine claimed in an article titled "Taiwan's
Hottest Food" that a restaurant in Taiwan has been serving
human fetuses to its customers.

Following protests by Taiwan officials, "Warta Perdana" admitted
that the article was based on an anonymous, unverifiable e-mail
message.

The magazine has since written a correction and issued a formal
apology.

The man in the picture is actually a mainland Chinese artist
named Zhu Yu. He is notorious for performing violent, shocking
acts designed to provoke a response from his audience. On one
occasion, regrettably, he chose to eat an aborted fetus in a
protest against the mainland Chinese government's lack of support
for the performing arts. Photos from this event have been
circulating on the Internet, along with a claim that it is a
scene in a Taiwan restaurant.

The GIO wishes to emphasize that no event of this kind has ever
taken place in Taiwan, and that the serving or eating of such a
dish would break an ROC law against the defiling of human corpses.

[ the url of the above document: ]
http://th.gio.gov.tw/gio/oadisplay.cfm?p_id=51

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Notice:
It is very confusing that both Taiwan's and China's current 
official names are so easily muddled up by the world, especially 
those who are not familiar with the political, geographical or 
historical East Asia, though, here we make a brief list of the
differentiation between the two countries as follows.


China: (PRC, Chinese Government, Mainland)
. PRC =  People's Republic of China (since 1949)
. Continental Country
. Communist
. Ruling Party: Chinese Communist Party
. President: Jiang Ze-ming
. Area: 3.7 million square miles
. Currency: Ren Min Bi (RMB/ Yuan)
. Population: 1278 million
. GDP per head: $909


Taiwan: (ROC)
. ROC = Republic of China (since 1912)
. Maritime Country
. Democracy
. Ruling Party: Democratic Progressive Party
. President: Chen Shui-bian
. Area: 14,000 square miles
. Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (NT$/ NTD)
. Population: 22.31 million
. GDP per head: $16300


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