MEDIA EVENT: Taichung’s mayor is to hold an international news conference today in Taipei to publicize the harm that Beijing is doing to the sports world, the city said
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 30, 2018
By: Su Ou-mei and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday told Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) to
Olympic medalist Chi Cheng, second right, speaks at a rally organized by the Team Taiwan Campaign for 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Taipei’s Ximending area yesterday evening in support of Taichung’s rights to host the East Asian Youth Games next year. Photo: CNA
continue infrastructure work needed for the East Asian Youth Games, despite the East Asian Olympic Committee’s (EAOC) decision to revoke Taichung’s right to host next year’s Games.
He also slammed China for the political suppression of sports and called on the public to show support for Taichung.
At a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, EAOC chairman Liu Peng (劉鵬) and six of the eight committee members voted to remove Taichung as the host city, reportedly based on “political factors.”
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday said that the move was related to a referendum campaign in Taiwan to have the nation take part in international sporting events — including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — as “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei.”
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