Taiwan Threatens Beijing 2008 Summer Game Boycott
Submitted by Bill Belew on Sunday, 29 April 2007No Comment
Taiwan says that if China treats it like a Chinese province, Taiwan will stay home from the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
"The Liberty Times quoted Premier Su Tseng-chang telling parliament Saturday. 'Taiwan’s sovereignty must not be downgraded. If China downgrades the Taiwan team’s status by calling it the “China-Taiwan” team, Taiwan will not attend the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games'”.
Taiwan has already rejected the 2008 Olympic Torch relay because Taiwan was being treated as 'part of China.'
It would be unfortunate for any team to stay home for any politically motivated reason. Only the athletes suffer.
Didn't Taiwan and China learn about the stupidity of LA and Moscow some 20+ years ago.
How about we put the Taiwan-China issue on the back burner for now, and bring it up again after the Games.
What do you think is the best course of action?
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