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China demanded removal of Taiwan flag at Olympics
RNW – Olympic organisers said on Thursday that Taiwan’s flag had been taken down from a London display at the request of the Chinese embassy. The banner was removed from a row of national flags hanging over Regent Street, one of London’s busiest shopping roads, and replaced on Wednesday with that of Taiwan’s Olympic committee. This flag has been used by Taiwan at Olympic Games since the 1980s, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled that the island could not compete under its formal name, the Republic of China. Read article
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