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“When China Airlines delivered materials this time, the whole world thanked Taiwan,” Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Tuesday. “But because China Airlines has the word ‘China’ on its fuselage, some countries, people and pictures mistakenly thought that China had sent them the masks, causing us a lot of grief.”

The small New Power Party, which shares the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) support for Taiwan’s formal independence, called on parliament to remove or make much smaller the English word “China” from the airline, and to add the word “Taiwan.”

“Even Taiwan’s democracy and freedom may be misinterpreted by the international community as coming from China because of the big (word) ‘CHINA,'” it said.

China Airlines, majority owned by the government and often confused with China’s flag carrier, Air China, said it had received “lively” feedback about the issue.

“It is now in the process of being studied and discussed internally with an open mind,” it said in a statement to Reuters.

Premier Su, however, signaled that a name change was not imminent, and that China Airlines should focus on putting “more Taiwan symbols” on its aircraft.

“As for the long-term name change of China Airlines, it may not be so simple, as it involves flight rights and other factors,” he added.

China Airlines’ name has been debated before. Any name change would be fraught with difficulties, and it is unclear how China might react.

The idea might also be unpopular domestically.

In 2018, voters defeated a referendum calling for the island to enter future Olympic events as “Taiwan” rather than the current compromise name, “Chinese Taipei.” Many Taiwanese worried the move would anger Beijing and jeopardize the island’s place in the games. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Yimou Lee. Editing by Gerry Doyle)