I'm getting super annoyed whenever I see "Chinese Taipei" and a phony flag displayed next to a player name in Matchroom events. There is no country in the world named Chinese Taipei. The country's name is TAIWAN and the flag is different.
For those who don't know, Taiwan participated in the Olympics for many years as the only team named China or Republic of China. Later on communist China with the support of USSR claimed the name "China" and the other country became Taiwan. However they were not allowed to compete in the Olympics under Taiwan because of pressure from communist China, and a compromise was found with the name "Chinese Taipei" and a bullshit flag that's only used in the Olympics. The Olympics is a formal event where the athletes represent their countries and national fédérations. WNT is a private league with no country affiliation and has no good reason to use that fake name and flag, other than pleasing the Chinese government. I think it's disrespectful and humiliating for the Taiwanese pool players to be treated like that.
For those who don't know, Taiwan participated in the Olympics for many years as the only team named China or Republic of China. Later on communist China with the support of USSR claimed the name "China" and the other country became Taiwan. However they were not allowed to compete in the Olympics under Taiwan because of pressure from communist China, and a compromise was found with the name "Chinese Taipei" and a bullshit flag that's only used in the Olympics. The Olympics is a formal event where the athletes represent their countries and national fédérations. WNT is a private league with no country affiliation and has no good reason to use that fake name and flag, other than pleasing the Chinese government. I think it's disrespectful and humiliating for the Taiwanese pool players to be treated like that.