Taipei Times
Date: Aug 01, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday called on the Democratic Progressive
From left, Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) women’s section director Ouyang Jui-lien, TSU Chairman Lau Yi-te and writer Neil Peng hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Su Fang-ho, Taipei Times
Party (DPP) to promote a referendum proposed by civic groups to rename the national sports team from “Chinese Taipei” to “Taiwan” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which it said would be the most effective way to resist pressure from China.
The East Asian Olympic Committee on Tuesday last week revoked Taichung’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games in August next year.
In a statement issued the following day, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman An Fengshan (安峰山) cited the proposed referendum as the reason for the committee’s decision, saying that it contravened a 1981 agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee to name the team “Chinese Taipei.”
While President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has expressed support for Taichung’s decision to appeal the decision and has said Taiwanese are blameless, she needs to take more concrete action, TSU Chairman Lau Yi-te (劉一德) told a news conference in Taipei
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