By William Hetherington / Staff writer, with CNAAborigines engaging in exchanges in China should insist on being recognized as Aborigines, and not as “Taiwanese minorities,” Council of Indigenous Peoples Minister Icyang Parod said yesterday. Icyang also reviewed next year’s annual budget for the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation. Even many of the ethnic groups in China referred to by Beijing as “minorities” are recognized by the UN as Aborigines, but the Chinese government has so far ignored UN convention on the matter, Icyang said. The idea would be destructive to the environment and has already been shot down by Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), who confirmed that no development should take place on mountains considered sacred to Aborigines, Icyang said. The council also provided written copies of yesterday’s report in Amis and Paiwan — the first time council reports were provided in those languages.

Source: Taipei Times October 28, 2019 15:56 UTC