It is clear that , Taiwan is taiwan and R.O.C. is the R.O.C. Taiwan is a part of the R.O.C. which is not Taiwan . Chinese Tipei flag is represented the Chinese from taipei . Would you agree with my opinion ?
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Before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games on Friday, Taiwan's national flag had been flying among the other flags of the world decorating London's famous shopping district of Regent Street until inevitable pressure from Beijing forced a change to the compromise flag of Chinese Taipei.
The initial move to fly the national flag was greeted with excitement in Taiwan, where people are used to seeing the emblems of the Republic of China — the country's official name — suppressed on the world stage by opposition from Beijing, which rejects any acknowledgement of Taiwan's status as a de facto independent nation.
Yet all too soon the flag was taken down and later replaced by the altogether less inspiring Chinese Taipei Olympic flag on account of political interference from the People's Republic of China, reports our sister newspaper China Times.
To welcome the 206 teams coming to London for the Olympics, the Regent Street Association — not affiliated with the London Organizing Committee or LOCOG — placed the national flags of the participating country on the streets. Taiwan's national flag — red with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun — was hung at the south end of the street close to Piccadilly Circus on July 20.
Pictures of the flag went viral on the internet, causing joy in Taiwan that the country could finally show its national flag at a major international event. The flag was removed by the association however on Tuesday, three days after it went up, and after two days of a noticeable gap between the flags of Syria and Tajikistan, it was replaced by the Chinese Taipei flag on Thursday. The compromise flag has been used at Olympic events since the early 1980s after the International Olympic Committee ruled Taiwan could not compete under its official name of the Republic of China.
"Taiwan's national flag was removed due to political interference," Annie Walker, head of the Regent Street Association, was quoted by Taiwan's Central News Agency as saying. After China stated it was not happy about the display, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office asked if we could replace the flag after a discussion with the Olympic organization, Walker added.
The removal disappointed many Taiwanese nationals in the UK, while Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, ordered an investigation into the matter on Friday.
"If the flag was taken down because of pressure from China, Taiwan will raise the issue with China since such actions are not conducive to the normal development of ties across the Taiwan Strait," Fan Chiang Tai-chi, spokesman for the Presidential Office in Taipei, was quoted by CNA as saying on Friday.
The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom has declined to comment on the matter.
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Beijing forces Regent Street to switch Taiwan's national flag
Top: the ROC flag, third from left, was originally raised over Regent Street before being replaced by Chinese Taipei flag in the bottom shot. (Internet photo)
The initial move to fly the national flag was greeted with excitement in Taiwan, where people are used to seeing the emblems of the Republic of China — the country's official name — suppressed on the world stage by opposition from Beijing, which rejects any acknowledgement of Taiwan's status as a de facto independent nation.
Yet all too soon the flag was taken down and later replaced by the altogether less inspiring Chinese Taipei Olympic flag on account of political interference from the People's Republic of China, reports our sister newspaper China Times.
To welcome the 206 teams coming to London for the Olympics, the Regent Street Association — not affiliated with the London Organizing Committee or LOCOG — placed the national flags of the participating country on the streets. Taiwan's national flag — red with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun — was hung at the south end of the street close to Piccadilly Circus on July 20.
Pictures of the flag went viral on the internet, causing joy in Taiwan that the country could finally show its national flag at a major international event. The flag was removed by the association however on Tuesday, three days after it went up, and after two days of a noticeable gap between the flags of Syria and Tajikistan, it was replaced by the Chinese Taipei flag on Thursday. The compromise flag has been used at Olympic events since the early 1980s after the International Olympic Committee ruled Taiwan could not compete under its official name of the Republic of China.
"Taiwan's national flag was removed due to political interference," Annie Walker, head of the Regent Street Association, was quoted by Taiwan's Central News Agency as saying. After China stated it was not happy about the display, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office asked if we could replace the flag after a discussion with the Olympic organization, Walker added.
The removal disappointed many Taiwanese nationals in the UK, while Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, ordered an investigation into the matter on Friday.
"If the flag was taken down because of pressure from China, Taiwan will raise the issue with China since such actions are not conducive to the normal development of ties across the Taiwan Strait," Fan Chiang Tai-chi, spokesman for the Presidential Office in Taipei, was quoted by CNA as saying on Friday.
The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom has declined to comment on the matter.
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