IOC Says Taiwan Welcome at Beijing Olympics (It's Not True) + Chinese Taipei Controversy Goes Global

Petition update台湾を「台湾」としてパリオリンピックへIOC Says Taiwan Welcome at Beijing Olympics (It's Not True) + Chinese Taipei Controversy Goes Global

Lindell LucyHonolulu, HI, United States

Aug 3, 2021

A spokesperson for the IOC has stated that Taiwan is welcome at the Beijing Olympics. Unless he was being deliberately misleading, he must be badly informed.

Taiwan is an independent country. If you acknowledge this fact, you are a criminal according to Chinese law and you could be arrested if you enter China. It would be risky for any self-respecting Taiwanese to go to the Beijing Olympics.

Moreover, China's leaders repeatedly threaten to invade Taiwan. This would entail murdering and maiming anyone who stands in their way. How can Taiwanese feel welcome in such a hostile country?

China's government is the reason why Taiwanese athletes are forced to face the discrimination and humiliation of competing under a made-up name, "Chinese Taipei," and can't use their own country's national flag and national anthem during Olympic competition.

Taiwanese athletes shouldn't be forced to endure such horrible treatment. If the IOC wants Taiwan to feel welcome at the 2022 Olympics, then the IOC should move the games to a different country.

Media Coverage of Sunday's Protest Event

Mr. Nagayama wrote an article about our protest event on Sunday. It was published in Taiwan People News today:

【專文】推動奧運之「台灣正名」問題國際化 (Taiwan People News, 3 Aug 2021)

US Congressman Calls for Taiwan To Use National Flag and Anthem at Olympics

US Rep. Don Bacon tweeted his support for Taiwan at the Olympics. Please consider giving his tweet a like and retweeting it. The link to the tweet is HERE.

Here's a couple of articles about it:

Taiwan should use its flag and national anthem in Olympics: US congressman (Taiwan News, 3 Aug 2021)

美議員賀麟洋配奪金籲讓台灣用自己國旗參賽 (CNA, 3 Aug 2021)

Chinese Taipei Controversy Goes Global: Media Coverage in the New York Times, The Guardian, ABC News (Australia), Bloomberg, etc.

Below is a list of news articles published in the past day or so that are worth exploring:

Taiwan’s gold medal win over China in badminton raises tension (New York Times, 1 Aug 2021)

Will Taiwan’s Olympic win over China herald the end of ‘Chinese Taipei’? (The Guardian, 2 Aug 2021)

Chinese trolls infuriated by loss to Taiwan in Olympic badminton gold medal match (ABC News Australia, 2 Aug 2021)

Taiwan TV Host Becomes Latest Target of China’s Olympics Trolls (Bloomberg, 3 Aug 2021)

Sex toys to tea: Taiwan celebrity loses China endorsements in Olympic row (Japan Times, 3 Aug 2021)

Olympics-Taiwan's medals revive debate over use of 'Chinese Taipei' (Reuters, 3 Aug 2021)

Cloud of China Looms over Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Olympics (Japan Forward, 3 Aug 2021)