Hanzi

On January 25, the famous American climbing expert Alex Honnold did something that shocked the world. Without using any ropes or safety protection, he successfully climbed to the top of Taipei 101 in just 91 minutes. He is the first person in the world to climb this building without ropes, and tens of thousands of people watched the live stream online.

Taipei 101 is 508 meters tall, and Alex said he had been planning this challenge for ten years. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an stated that he felt very nervous while watching Alex climb the building and greatly admired Alex's courage and professionalism. He also thanked all the teams that helped make the event a success.

However, after this positive event, some of Taiwan's leaders caused public dissatisfaction due to a "naming" issue. When offering congratulations, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te only said "101," deliberately omitting the word "Taipei." Another official, Cho Jung-tai, even directly changed the name of "Taipei 101" to "Taiwan 101."

This move made many Taiwanese netizens very angry. They left comments online saying, "Taipei 101 is Taipei 101, why change the name?" Others felt that these leaders were playing word games to prevent people from seeing the Taipei Mayor's achievements.

Many media figures also criticized this approach as being too "petty." People believe that no matter what the name is, the height of the building will not change, and politicians should not turn a proud and positive event into a boring argument for the sake of their own image.