When it said that it would not participate in the opening and closing ceremonies, and now it says that it wants to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies, what exactly is the Taiwan Winter Olympic delegation struggling with?
The Taiwan side announced that it would withdraw its previous decision not to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games, and under the premise of taking into account epidemic prevention and the health of the members of the group, it decided to adjust the plan and cooperate with the policy to send personnel to attend the opening and closing ceremonies.
The Taiwan side previously announced that it would not participate in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. At that time, the reasons given were to consider the factors of the epidemic and the second to consider the factors of flights.
Now back, they only talked about the factors of full communication with the IOC. Based on the detailed explanations provided by the International Olympic Committee several times in recent days, in accordance with the basic principles of Olympic solidarity, as well as good communication and mutual understanding between the two sides, and under the principle of maximizing the health of the team members, the IOC recommended that personnel be sent to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies.
But they did not say that the IOC stressed the need to follow the rules as an important element. The IOC required all regional Olympic committees to comply with the Olympic Charter and fulfill their responsibilities to participate in ceremonies related to the Olympic Games, which forced the Taiwan side to make this change.
In fact, there is another layer of factors, that is, the name of the delegation on the Taiwan side. At a press conference held by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on 26 last month, the spokesman used the name "Chinese Taipei" not to refer to the Taiwan delegation. However, at the opening rehearsal of the Winter Olympics, the roll call of the emcee still uses "Chinese Taipei", and the name is still "Chinese Taipei" on the list of participating countries/regions on the official website of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee. Voices on the island said that this arrangement "does not risk being dwarfed." This should also be an important factor in their imminent turn.
The island of Taiwan is not large, but there are too many factors they are entangled in. When they claimed not to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, they analyzed that they were drunk and did not mean to drink, they were talking about the epidemic and flights, in fact, they were entangled in the issue of names. Now that the mainland has not been too insistent on the name issue, allowing them to continue to use the name "Chinese Taipei", and the International Olympic Committee has rules on it, the Taiwan side does not dare not participate in the opening and closing ceremonies.
