TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Taiwan has changed the traditional symbols, colors and slogans to be used during National Day celebrations Sunday in a move likely to provoke mainland China.
A green logo in the shape of the island and two doves will replace the blue or red symbol of two crosses that represent Double 10, or Oct. 10, the anniversary of the 1911 overthrow of China's Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China, the South China Morning Post reported Friday.
The island is also dropping the traditional logos of the national flag and plum blossom, the flower representing the Kuomintang party that ruled China before the communist revolution, and later ruled Taiwan for more than four decades.
The idea is to focus on a new Taiwanese identity, which mainland China sees as the prelude to a declaration of independence for the island.
President Chen Shui-bian has said he will make an important policy statement during his National Day address, expected to be conciliatory toward the mainland.
But analysts say Chen's actions speak louder than his words and Beijing is unlikely to be impressed.
