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"The government, which has said no officials will go, has now decided its athletes will be at neither the opening nor closing ceremonies."

"Chinese-claimed Taiwan had feared Beijing could "downgrade" Taiwan's status by putting its athletes alongside those from Chinese-run Hong Kong at the opening ceremony, a senior Taiwan official familiar with the matter told Reuters this week."

"Taiwan competes in most sporting events, including the Olympics, as "Chinese Taipei" at the insistence of Beijing, which sees democratically governed Taiwan as part of "one China".

On Wednesday, China's Taiwan Affairs Office referred to Taiwan's team as being from "China, Taipei", rather than the official terminology of "Chinese Taipei".

That drew a rebuke from Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council which said China intentionally used the wrong name."