bikejourno · @bikejourno
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You're right: "West Taiwan" is just as wrong as "Republic of China" or "Chinese Taipei".

Taiwan is Taiwan and China is China. And .

#taiwanisnotchina #lettaiwanbetaiwan

Last updated 3 years ago

bikejourno · @bikejourno
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With only a few days to go for the opening ceremony of , it's time to point at an ugly fact where stain the spirit of the :
Due to the constant pressure of , athletes from are only allowed to participate under the laughable «Chinese Taipei» designation.
This is the consequence of the kowtowing to the .

To this I say: .
After all most athletes
- are not from Taipei
- identify as , NOT Chinese

#tokyo2020 #politics #olympicgames #beijing #taiwan #ioc #ccp #lettaiwanbetaiwan #taiwanese

Last updated 4 years ago

bikejourno · @bikejourno
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Yup: postponing is the only reasonable option as qualifying tournaments have been cancelled in many sports and some nations and federations already have said they would not compete. And for , there's more time to let compete as Taiwan and not as some Orwell'ian phantasy unit just to please fucking and .

#tokyo2020 #Tokyo2021 #taiwan #Zhonhanhai #xitler #lettaiwanbetaiwan #standupfortaiwan

Last updated 6 years ago