蕭艸梅之艸梅垣

Dear Sir or Madam

I have been a customer of Barclays Bank for more than 5 years. I have always been pleased with the services provided by the Bank until I saw the following shocking information, “Taiwan, Province of China,” on your on-line banking website (Please refer to http://ibank.internationalbanking.barclays.com/logon/icebapplication) the other day.

The wording, “Taiwan, Province of China,” on the website states that my motherland, Taiwan, is a province of China. Apparently, Barclays has a mistaken understanding of Taiwan’s status. It is a serious mistake and an unbearable insult for the people of Taiwan.  

If a staff member of Barclays needed to visit Taiwan, for example, he or she could not apply for a visa at the Chinese embassy. This is a reality, which Taiwan and China are governed separately as two distinct sovereign countries cannot be ignored. I believe the error is due to a misunderstanding of Taiwan’s statehood. It would be greatly appreciated, if Barclays Bank would amend at once its website, from “Taiwan, Province of China” to “Taiwan.”

Best regards

英國Barclays 銀行的網站，在國籍項目中，我們的國家台灣後面被冠上，中國的一省 (Taiwan, Province of China) ，Barclays是英國最大的銀行之一，影響力甚大，英社已經發起一人一信抗議 (詳情請見http://blog.roodo.com/yingshe/archives/2663730.html) ，希望政府能出面表達立場，要求該銀行改正錯誤，謝謝。