ABC reported on May 9, 2018 that Lincoln City in Australia's central Queensland region of Rockhampton removed the Taiwanese flag from a children’s art project ahead of a major international beef expo.  Two Taiwan-born siblings, Amber Jun Xie and Iu Ting Xie, painted their country’s flag on the bull’s body, but while other flags like those of Brazil and Japan were allowed to reain the Taiwanese flag was covered .

(Comment: China is one of Australia’s biggest beef export destinations and delegates from the country are at Beef Australia, a three-yearly exhibition that has brought about 100,000 people to Rockhampton.)