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Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest

So a friend of mine sent me this, ” Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest.” Apparently Ozzy Osbourne is helping to back a Taiwanese band, ChthoniC, and their tour in the United States:

Ozzy Osbourne, a satanic-theme rocker known for biting heads off bats on stage, is helping set up 20 of the U.S. gigs, paying some transport costs and letting the Taiwan band promote U.N. membership as it wishes, Lim said. He said the band hooked up with Osbourne through personal connections.

As you may or may not know, since the United Nations has switched China’s representation from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1971, China has blocked Taiwan’s application to the United Nations because China believes this self-ruled, self-elected representative democracy is a rogue separate state and a part of China. To learn more, I would recommend reading about the “One China Policy.”

The band is partly supported by the Taiwan government, which is providing pro-U.N. literature and a slogan-painted truck. The band will also be visiting Canada, Germany, and Britain, touring a total of 80 cities.

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Comments (4) to “Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest”

1. Jim wrote:

   Ooh, the idea of a black metal band sweeping a country into the UN is pretty thrilling.

   Posted on 05-Jul-07 at 10:03 am | Permalink

2. jozjozjoz wrote:

   Go Ozzy!

   Posted on 05-Jul-07 at 10:18 am | Permalink

3. Jesse! wrote:

   Just for the record, Ozzy is not black metal…

   sorry, have to appease my overlords of darkness…

   Posted on 09-Jul-07 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

4. 8 Asians » 15 Years of Rejections: UN rejects Taiwan’s application wrote:

   [...] This of course angered the People’s Republic of China (mainland China), which received entry into the United Nations at the Republic of China’s (Taiwan) expense in 1971. The reality however is that Taiwan has been functioning as an independent nation since its rejection from the U.N. and has a thriving economy with its own currency, native Taiwanese language, history, and self-elected democratic government. This week’s KQED’s Pacific Time program interviews the Taiwanese heavy metal band ChthoniC that is promoting Taiwan’s bid for U.N. recognition as it tours the US as part of Ozzfest. You can listen to the interview here (MP3). I wrote about this previously in this post: Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest. [...]

   Posted on 03-Aug-07 at 12:01 am | Permalink

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