China Airline?

On flight CI 118, from Tokyo to Honolulu,

The Japanese flight attendant is offering drinks
"Chinese tea, Chinese tea, anyone ?"

"If your tea is from Taiwan I'd like to have a cup ---
it is Oolong tea, why you called it Chines tea ?" I said.

"Yes, it is from Taiwan." she replied.

"Also the China Airline's base is in Taiwan, isn't it ?" I was pretending while she is pouring Taiwanese tea, now I feel safe to drink.

" Yes, ----"
" Well then this Airliner should change its name." I said with a smile. This is how I often get in "trouble" by asking too many questions.

"Yeah, I think so too. " her voice was tuning down a little, I understood her concern of her job

I am using ""China Airline" because it is convenient to go TPE from HNL.
I have asked the same question purposely every time the attendants passed by my seat and offered " Chinese Tea----Chinese--tea". The other time, I asked the same question to a Taiwanese attendant. She was politely saying that she's never thought about it, and she would relay my opinion to the company. But I doubt about it.

I remembered that in A-bian's era he tried to change China Airline to Taiwan Airline with no results because he met a huge resistance from KMT. They gave the reason saying that changing name would be a huge lost and with difficulties. The most buzzard excuse was that PRC would inherit the name gladly with China Airline's reputation, Taiwanese hospitality and services all together would handed to Chinese for free.

As you know PRC has an airliner called Air China because of the name "China Airline" was already taken.

What do you think of this ?
For me I like to feel proud of sitting in our own National flight called Formosa National Airline or Taiwan National Airline.

One day maybe this dream will come true----, I pray and hope.


Aloha Dennis