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By Mike Rowbottom An organiser of two online petitions with more than 131,000 signatures, which demand that Taiwan should compete under its own choice of name and flag at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has requested a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC). Since 1984, at the insistence of China, Taiwanese athletes have had to compete at the Games representing Chinese Taipei. They participate under the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag and medallists hear a National Flag Anthem played. Following the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China was established on the island of Taiwan,...
