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==== ''The World Turned Upside Down'' ====
[[File:The World Turned Upside Down (sculpture by Mark Wallinger).jpg|thumb|upright|''The World Turned Upside Down'']]

A sculpture by [[Mark Wallinger]], ''[[The World Turned Upside Down (sculpture)|The World Turned Upside Down]]'', which features a globe resting on its north pole, was installed in Sheffield Street on the LSE campus on 26 March 2019. The artwork attracted controversy for showing [[Taiwan]] as a sovereign state rather than as part of [[China]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Martin |date=5 April 2019 |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/mark-wallinger |title=Wallinger's upside-down globe outside LSE angers Chinese students for portraying Taiwan as an independent state |website=[[The Art Newspaper]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802193004/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/mark-wallinger |archive-date=2 August 2019 |url-status=live}}.

</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chung |first1=Lawrence |title=Taipei complains about London university's decision to alter artwork and portray Taiwan as part of China |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3004625/taipei-complains-about-english-universitys-decision-alter |url-access=subscription |date=4 April 2019 |publisher=South China Morning Post |access-date=5 April 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405114756/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3004625/taipei-complains-about-english-universitys-decision-alter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Tom |title=China destroys 30,000 world maps showing 'problematic' borders of Taiwan and India |url=https://www.newsweek.com/china-destroys-maps-problem-borders-1375608 |date=26 March 2019 |work=Newsweek |access-date=5 April 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405075407/https://www.newsweek.com/china-destroys-maps-problem-borders-1375608 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lhasa]] being denoted as a full capital and depicting [[Sino-Indian border dispute|boundaries between India and China]] as recognised internationally. The sculpture also did not depict the [[State of Palestine]] as a separate country from Israel.

After protests and reactions from both Chinese and Taiwanese students,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/post/5075.html |date=2019-04-05 |first1=Joseph |last1=Wu |publisher=Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. |title=Taiwan Foreign Minister writes open letter protesting LSE's decision to change depiction of Taiwan on sculpture|access-date=April 7, 2019|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407154732/https://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/post/5075.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/edition/news/london-school-of-economics-in-a-world-of-trouble-over-globe-artwork-7lc696x97|title=London School of Economics in a world of trouble over globe artwork|website=[[The Times]]|access-date=April 7, 2019|last1=Parker|first1=Charlie|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408211430/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/london-school-of-economics-in-a-world-of-trouble-over-globe-artwork-7lc696x97|url-status=live}}</ref> The university decided later that year that it would retain the original design which coloured the People's Republic of China and Taiwan as different entities, consistent with the status quo, but with the addition of an asterisk beside the name of Taiwan and a corresponding placard that clarified the institution's position regarding the controversy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lin Chia-nan |title=Ministry lauds LSE for globe color decision |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/07/11/2003718465 |work=Taipei Times |date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810001609/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/07/11/2003718465 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan still distinct from China but given asterisk on LSE art work |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201907100013.aspx |publisher=Focus Taiwan |date=2019-07-10 |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711125649/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201907100013.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>