Four Taiwanese athletes are competing in Beijing’s Winter Olympics next week, but they will not be announced as coming from Taiwan.
In what is a source of frustration to many Taiwanese, the world has long heard them announced as coming from “Chinese Taipei” in major sporting events.
Here’s why:
What’s in a name?
Taiwan has been given a host of names at the Olympics over the years because of its peculiar international status.
Despite being a self-ruled democracy of 23 million people with its own borders, currency and government, Taiwan is not diplomatically recognised by most countries.
After the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949, the…
