<html><div>To Whom It May Concern,</div><div><br></div><div>I’m hereby writing to submit Taiwan government’s comments on the new TLDs numbered by ICANN from R000001 to R000374. </div><div><br></div><div>We object to the release of “.tw.(all city or geographic names：including but not limited to, nyc(R000372), osaka(R000354), london(R000347), taipei(R000279), berlin(R000271), amsterdam(R000260), zuerich(R000254), miami(R000247), budapest(R000238), nrw(R000235), bayern(R000234), nagoya(R000226), yokohama(R000225), tokyo(R000224), ruhr(R000186), wien(R000158), tirol(R000005), hamburg(R000004)) and future new gTLDs which belong to the category of city or geographic names for their registration by the Registry operator, because of the concern that the release of above-mentioned domain names may cause the degradation of statehood；we reserve the right to change position in the future.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to being informed of the decisions taken as regards our comments.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Chen, Chung-Shu</div><div>Taiwan GAC Representative</div><div>Deputy Director</div><div>Department of Post and Telecommunications, </div><div>Ministry of Transportation and Communications</div><div>Email：dpt_02@motc.gov.tw</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></html><br><html><div>
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