Video: Asian Games Crowd Chants “Team Taiwan” After Staff Try to Censor the Name

Anyone following the Asian Games controversy over the censorship of the word “Taiwan" should watch this video:

https://x.com/daeun0530/status/2103645531298054428

It shows a dispute between Asian Games security staff and two Taiwanese women wearing Taiwan jerseys. At one point, one of the women pulls out her passport and points to the word “TAIWAN” printed across it in large, bold letters. She is dumbfounded as to why she cannot cheer for her country using the name that the whole world uses.

As the dispute drags on, the surrounding crowd grows increasingly exasperated. People begin chanting:

“Team Taiwan! Team Taiwan! Team Taiwan!”

The chant spreads through the crowd. Eventually, the security staff stop arguing. They can make fans put away towels and shirts bearing the word "Taiwan," but they cannot stop an entire crowd from chanting it.