
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation just published a very informative article, written by Erin Handley, that highlights the injustice faced by Taiwanese Olympic athletes. The article references this petition. It also mentions that the IOC, Chinese Olympic Committee, and the Chinese embassy in Australia have been contacted for comment.
Taiwan News has reported that the Tokyo Olympics Twitter account is not posting flag emojis for Taiwan when its athletes win medals—a blatant act of discrimination. All other countries have their flags posted, except for Russia, which has been banned due to a cheating scandal. The comments section under the relevant tweets are raging, with Taiwan supporters retaliating by posting hundreds of Taiwanese flags. You can join the protest at the following links:
LO Chia-Ling wins bronze in Taekwondo
https://twitter.com/Tokyo2020/status/1419293405654380544?s=19
YANG Yung Wei wins silver in judo
https://twitter.com/Tokyo2020/status/1418895345170403330?s=19
Yesterday, the China Times published an article claiming that the Tokyo Olympics organizers didn't actually let Taiwanese athletes enter the opening ceremony in alphabetical order according to the "ta" sound in Taiwan. The author claimed it was the "ta" sound in Taipei.
Makoto Iwata of the Taiwan Research Forum in Tokyo reached out to the Tokyo Olympics organizers and asked for clarification. The organizers responded immediately and confirmed that "ta" was taken from "Taiwan". Mr. Hideki Nagayama, the chairman of the Taiwan Research Forum, posted the letter on his Facebook page and demanded that the China Times retract its misleading article.
Mr. Nagayama also wrote an article calling on the Taiwanese people to not give up in their fight for justice. It was published in Taiwan People News today:
【專文】台灣人不要放棄努力——東奧證明日本人也支持正名
https://www.peoplenews.tw/news/e6b14dc4-8a9f-4400-ac30-58864ac0809b
News of Mr. Nagayama's Facebook post went viral in Taiwan and even spread to Hong Kong. Here are a list of related news articles that I have found so far:
東奧》入場順序「台北」?永山英樹:主辦單位確認是台灣
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3615569
我東奧入場順序為臺北? 永山英樹:主辦單位確認是臺灣
https://www.epochtimes.com.tw/n350336/我東奧入場順序為臺北--永山英樹-主辦單位確認是臺灣.html
東奧/入場順序不是「台北」! 永山英樹證實確認就是台灣
https://tw.news.yahoo.com/東奧-入場順序不是-台北-永山英樹證實確認就是台灣-055041841.html
東奧/開幕入場順序不是台北! 「台灣研究論壇」向主辦單位確認就是台灣
https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2021725W0072
台湾です!東奧委員會證實 中華隊以台灣的「台」排序
https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?newsid=972824
東京奧運|中華台北入場排在「TA」字輩 組委會:取自「台灣」
https://www.hk01.com/台灣新聞/655107/東京奧運-中華台北入場排在-ta-字輩-組委會-取自-台灣
不是台北!中華隊入場順序揭密 東奧證實:た是台灣的「台」
https://www.ettoday.net/news/20210725/2039481.htm