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Updated Friday, July 25, 2008 0:00 am TWN, The China Post news staff Taiwan insists on ‘Chinese Taipei’As the host of this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, China should display a broader mind toward Taiwan and the rest of the world instead of using petty means to squeeze Taiwan at the world’s most prominent sports event. Tsai said. Also yesterday, the Cabinet’s spokeswoman Vanessa Yea-ping Shih said that the government has set up an supra-ministerial panel to tackle issues concerning Taiwan’s participation in the 2008 Olympic Games to kick off Aug.8 in Beijing, aiming to ensure that Taiwan’s status won’t be downgraded to be an administrative region of China. The issues under consideration include the name used by China to refer to the Taiwan Olympic team and what position Taiwan’s representative is given in the opening procession, Shih said. She continued that the panel will be composed of officials from the National Security Council, the Mainland Affairs Council, the Sports Affairs Council, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee and the Government Information Office. The panel will continue to communicate with China to demand that the host country abide by related protocols in dealing with Taiwan’s participation in the games. In addition, spokesman Wang Yu-chi of the Presidential Office said yesterday that the government hopes Beijing will show goodwill to Taiwan in handling Olympic issues. Comments March 23, 2009 jbradley@ Reply I don't understand why they aren't just called "Taiwan." March 23, 2009 spankee888@ Politics entering sports world, its hell of a game. March 23, 2009 russell@ jbradley@ wrote: Because THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL RISE AGAIN!I don't understand why they aren't just called "Taiwan." March 24, 2009 tobacco_road.rock@ jbradley@ wrote: Because China will be humiliated if they lose to a country called TAIWAN.I don't understand why they aren't just called "Taiwan." March 25, 2009 myatthwin62@ These stubborn, die-hard separatists/secessionists! They speak Chinese or Min Nan Hua (both Chinese), have Chinese names, write in Chinese and THEY ARE NOT CHINESE? April 18, 2009 aznsim@ myatthwin62@ wrote: Because the so called "Taiwan" is not a country, it is rightfully part of China.These stubborn, die-hard separatists/secessionists! They speak Chinese or Min Nan Hua (both Chinese), have Chinese names, write in Chinese and THEY ARE NOT CHINESE? CHINESE REUNIFICATION IS THE ANSWER. April 18, 2009 aznsim@ jbradley@ wrote: Again, "Taiwan" is NOT A COUNTRY. NOR WILL IT EVER BE. IT IS RIGHTFULLY PART OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, or just, CHINA.I don't understand why they aren't just called "Taiwan." Please! The REAL Taiwanese are the natives. The CHINESE people who live there now are only there because they ran away from China, due to the fact that they can't accept that they lost the Chinese Civil War. They're ALL CHINESE. ETHNICALLY AND FOREVER WILL BE, *CHINESE*. May 18, 2009 rodney0923@ White Australians, Americans and Canadians were ethically British and u don’t see UK complaining about anything. Chinese-Taiwanese people ran away from the mainland for many reasons ......to escape communism, have freedom of speech and enjoy human rights. We moved away from the Mainland, and chose to live a new life. So leave us alone u communist freaks!!!!!!!!!!! Leave everything as it is, so we can get on with our lives. May 19, 2009 Mikenij@ The word "Chinese" itself is a confusing term to use. It can be used to describe a group of people with the similar ethnic background or it can be used to describe the citizens of Peoples Republic of China. If people with the same ethnic background should be grouped into one country, then does that means Singapore (a country where 70% of its population are Chinese-speaking citizens) must lose its independence and be incorporated into China? Second point, the people who went to Taiwan after the civil war only make up a small percentage of Taiwan’s population. So why should this be a reason to incorporate Taiwan into China? |
 Minister Tai Shia-ling of the Sports Affairs Council under the Cabinet said yesterday that Taiwan’s national athletics team will withdraw from the Beijing Olympic Games if Olympic ... Enlarge Photo  China-Taiwan Relations Breaking News Most Read
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