China is claiming victory over the US in the Tokyo Olympic medal table by including Hong Kong and Taiwan in its count | Business Insider India

Taiwan and Hong Kong both compete independently at the games Li Ming/Xinhua via Getty Images China is claiming victory over the US in the Tokyo Olympic medal table, producing an altered version of the count. The embellished table includes Chinese territories Hong Kong and Taiwan, which compete independently at the games. Including Hong Kong and Taiwan’s medals in the count gives China 42 golds, three more than the US. China has declared itself the winner of the Tokyo Olympics after presenting an alternate version of the games’ medal table. In the amended table, which has been shared by Chinese media…