Chinese Taipei Olympic flag | taiwan flag
FlagFlagoftheRepublicofChinaTheChineseTaipeiOlympicflagisusedbytheRepublicofChina(ROC)Taiwanteam,whichcompetesunderthetitle"ChineseTaipei"duringtheOlympicGamesandotherevents,inplaceoftheflagoftheRepublicofChina.ThisisaresultofthecomplexCross-StraitrelationsbetweentheRepublicofChinaandthePeoplesRepublicofChina.TheOlympicflaghasbeeninusesince1980,followingthedecisionbytheInternationalOlympicCommitteethattheROCcouldnotcompeteunderthecountrysnameorflag.Duetothisrestriction,theNationalAnthemofthe...
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Flag of the Republic of ChinaThe Chinese Taipei Olympic flag is used by the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan team, which competes under the title "Chinese Taipei" during the Olympic Games and other events, in place of the flag of the Republic of China. This is a result of the complex Cross-Strait relations between the Republic of China and the Peoples Republic of China. The Olympic flag has been in use since 1980, following the decision by the International Olympic Committee that the ROC could not compete under the countrys name or flag.
Due to this restriction, the National Anthem of the Republic of China also could not be played when the team wins medals, so, instead, the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China was played during the flag raising of the medal ceremony.
The flag shows the Blue Sky with a White Sun (the emblem of the Republic of China and the Kuomintang) and the Olympic rings, encircled by a five-petaled Prunus mei (the ROCs national ...