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Katy Perry maybe made a political statement with her latest concert outfit

BY DANA ROSE FALCONE 

Posted April 29 2015 — 3:48 PM EDT

Katy Perry sparked controversy Tuesday night when she wore Taiwan’s flag as a cape during her concert in Taipei. Perry also wore dress covered with sunflowers, which were the symbol of Taiwan’s anti-China protest (the Sunflower Student Movement) last spring. 

Some countries — including the United States — see Taiwan as an independent nation, while others believe Taiwan falls under the People’s Republic of China.

Perry’s apparent pro-Taiwan position moved some audience membersto tears, with others expressing how touched they were on social media.

But Perry might not have been trying to make a political statement. “I don’t even know how to speak Mandarin,” Perry said to the audience before her concert. “That’s what you speak, right?” The sunflower dress appeared previously on Perry’s Prismatic tour, but the flag stood out, as Taiwan’s flag wasn’t even included in the 2012 Olympics.

China deleted references to Perry’s makeshift cape from social media, sparking further debate over the pop star’s potentially unintentional political stance. A representative for Perry was not immediately available for comment.

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Katy Perry Wears Controversial Taiwan Flag During Taipei Concert

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By Joe Lynch

Whether intentionally or not, Katy Perry wore an outfit many took as a political statement during her recent concert in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan.

Perry donned the flag of Taiwan as a cape while wearing a sunflower dress on Tuesday night, an outfit with two-fold pro-Taiwan imagery. Sunflowers were the key image of the Sunflower Student Movement of spring 2014, which found groups protesting a Chinese trade agreement that many saw as unfair to Taiwan. As for the flag, it's arguably a political statement in itself -- as Quartz points out, it wasn't included in the 2012 Olympic Games.

But was the political imagery intentional? The sunflower connection might be coincidental -- Perry has worn that outfit on her Prismatic Tour before. The Taiwan flag, however, was a new addition for her Taipei concert, although it's unknown if Perry meant it as a political statement or simply as tribute to her audience. Regardless, some took it that way, with many writing they weretouched or moved to tears on social media.

Billboard reached out to Perry's rep for comment. 

The relationship between Taiwan (Republic of China) and China (People's Republic of China) is complicated. While some see Taiwan as an independent nation, many others -- including the United States -- have formally adopted the "One China" policy, which adheres to the People's Republic of China's position that it is the sole legitimate government.