Why Taiwan isn’t “Taiwan” at the Olympics

I strongly believe Taiwan deserves to recognize as a Full Country and we need to open our eyes to Taiwan. Because I can't believe how Taiwan is developed compared to the other Asian Countries. You can't imangin how Taiwanese people are really good people and hospitable. I love Taiwan.❤

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I went to the taiwanese house at the Paris Olympics (I am from Germany). There was a Drag Queen Show going on (which wouldn´t happen in the chinese house, I suppose) and the taiwanese people partied to it like I have rarely seen someone partying. At the end of the show they got political about the question of this video on the stage. To sum it up: they clearly spoke out for the hope that their great athletes can compete as "Taiwan" in the future and the crowd was cheering very loudly to it, waving the real taiwanese flags.

All I have experienced on that evening in the taiwanese house made it clear imo: Taiwan and China are two dirfferent countries, that doesn`t fit to another at all in the way people think and live. Taiwan should be able to live as they want to and compete as an own country in sports, includig the Olympics.

Of course, Taiwan should compete under the name of Taiwan, but let`s be realistic; Everyone knows which country(ies) was/were competing, when the team was called "Unified Team" in 1992, or "Russian Olympic Comittee athletes" in 2020 and 2022, or "Individual Neutral Athletes" in 2024… Everyone knows which country can count that success as theirs. So do people with "Chinese Taipei". It may not be called "Taiwan" in official papers and that may hurt a bit, but does that really matter? It´s not about a technical name, it`s about being able to compete and about the sport. So as long, as some people use their power to lie about the name of a different country or it´s obviously existing cultural and mentally difference from another one, it should be fine to go by that, because people know who really is competing there.

I filmed my trip to Paris and will upload a long, detailed Vlog about it, including my experience at the taiwanese house. It´s just not finished yet.

很棒的解釋和說明方式。台灣委屈，但台灣在國際上，卻不能大聲說，謝謝您幫我們說明，
愛台灣🇹🇼🇹🇼 We need friends❤ 🧡
台灣，中國，互不隸⭐️🌈

Taiwan is part of mainland China 🇨🇳

They have to stay in the games. That's the statement, they are a world player. Under any name that's way better than making it normal for them not to compete because that's what PRC wants, they don't want this breakaway part of their nation competing, they want them competing under their name or not at all.

The bravest thing they can do is keep showing up.

In order to achieve its goals, the CCP deliberately distorts history. In fact, the CCP has never ruled Taiwan for any day in history..

Thank you for making this video!
I remember that during the referendum, many people wanted to use Taiwan, but at the same time there were also some voices like this:

if we vote to use a team name that represents our country, but the price is that we can't represent our country in the Olympics, then what's the point of this name?

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I'm starting to call China as West Taiwan instead for now because they seemingly slowly turns into Anarcho-Nationalism State.

They were way ahead of their time as far as identifying themselves, no pun intended!
💪💪💪 Who you are, what you stand for, and what your Cultural identity actually is-is a very important distinction of the people on the Island of Taiwan! It is obvious: The ROC is just keeping it real ladies and gents! And the world is just hesitant to allow them to represent themselves freely!
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Only TAIWAN can truly represent Taiwan

The amount of disrespect towards the Taiwanese and their flag during this Olympic Games was horrifying

Taiwanese here. Thank you for making this qualified video and letting more people get to know the complication between Taiwan and China in such an engaging way.

West Taiwan is a massive cry baby that's why.

2:30 But it should also be mentioned why the island of Taiwan was a Japanese colony (or rather, Japanese territory).
5:00 I disagree. It didn't turn "Taiwan" into the Republic of China, it turned the island of Taiwan into the biggest territory still controlled by the Republic of China (they also control many much smaller islands).
7:50 No, they wouldn't be in the UN if they accepted the name "Taiwan". Mao and Chiang both said there is only 1 China, and they demanded the UN vote for only 1 to have a seat in the UN. There's no reason why both couldn't be there (similar to N & S Korea now), but Chiang F'd the RoC over with that move.
10:08 Again, the leaders of the PRC and RoC demanded the vote. The UN didn't want to do it, but they did to appease 2 old men.

Hey, I just want to also interject that there where tensions back when ROC wasn't a democracy between the different ethnic groups especially the indigenous people. With what's come to be the white supression/massacre scare. It only gotten better with the transition to democracy and Taiwan democracy farther. Even today that event and era is taboo to talk about. With indigenous Taiwainese, somewhat found of the Formosas days, same as some historian who says it would have been better if the Dutch had kept Taiwan until modern days. Another interesting thing is that history and geopolitical would be a lot different if perhaps 1989 tank square event if the students, like in Taiwan, haven't been so strict and so unmovable with their demand of every change at once and now. Give runway and time. Seems a theme, of not taken what's best and only taken the best of the worse option later

The official name of Taiwan is the Republic of China. I believe we should use the name “Republic of China” to participate in the Olympics, but unfortunately, this name is not recognized by the world. The Republic of China does exist in Taiwan. As a result, more people around the world recognize Taiwan rather than the Republic of China. Nevertheless, whether it’s Taiwan or Chinese Taipei, as long as it represents the country to which the athletes belong and allows their hard work to be showcased to the world, that’s what truly matters. I’m from Taiwan❤world peace❤

The KMT lost China civil war in1949, but it remains the name of Repulic of China, now taiwan want to be a small island country, what a shame, didn't you remember you wanted to retake the mainland? now you are so sick. 湾湾真的惨，又菜破事又多

Taiwan is part of China with no doubt ！

Taiwan = good and fair people of Qing Dynasty
P.R.C = bad and nonsense people of Qing Dynasty

no one asked you, white guy

Wake up from white Hagemony divide and rule

Being represented at the Olympics even with less preferred name will get the attention and recognition of the issue more than sitting it out I feel

Hey Phil, since WHEN was Taiwan an independent country? And which countries on this planet actually recognize Taiwan as a country?
And where do you get the audacity to tell the world that Taiwan isn't part of China with a straight face even given the fact that it doesn't take very much at all to learn the real history?