[minus_273]

why does this have RED china tag? this is the Republic of China we are talking about not the People’s Republic of China .

[Daffynition]

Danged if I know. There is the original story:

那覇空港で中華航空機が爆発、炎上した事故で、中華航空は２１日、事故機の胴体左側面にある「ＣＨＩＮＡ ＡＩＲＬＩＮＥＳ」という英語の社名ロゴと垂直尾翼にある紅梅の花のマークを白いペンキで塗りつぶした。事故機の映像や写真が連日報道されるため、企業イメージの低下を避けるのが狙いとみられる。 同社は事前に国土交通省航空・鉄道事故調査委員会（事故調）に了解を求め、事故調も調査には支障がないと判断して要求を受け入れた。同社はこの日の事故調などによる実況見分後に塗りつぶした。 ロゴやマークを塗りつぶしたことについて、中華航空の広報担当は「国際慣例に従った。詳細はよくわからない」とだけ話した。【木下武】

[12Gauge687]

You’re right, minus_273. China Airlines is based in Taiwan and has nothing to do with any companies or the government based on the mainland AKA The People’s Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan, called Formosa by the Portugese, was once known as the Republic of China when it was ruled by the Nationalists led by Chiang (surname) Kai-shek. China Airlines was the national carrier. The Nationalists lost the Civil War to the Communists, led by Mao (surname) Zedong in 1949 and fled to Taiwan, which had recently (1945 at the time) been liberated from Japanese rule.

Taiwan has become a very spirited democracy, unlike the PRC, since the Nationalists lost elections in the Eighties to native Taiwanese parties.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, bad on me... I didn’t realize this was Taiwan. But the comment still stands if they’re covering up.

I don’t care who paints over, it’s a seedy practice. If you want to avoid publicity like this, then keep your aircraft from burning out a runway.