BOSTON — The International Skating Union apologized Thursday for displaying the flag of Taiwan, rather than the emblem of Chinese Taipei, at the 2025 world figure skating championships. The ...

The flag features a small white sun on a blue circle – a symbol pulled from Taiwan's national flag — as well as the five Olympic rings, enclosed by the outline of the national flower, Prunus mei.

Geopolitics is at the heart of the dispute. Taiwan competes as “Chinese Taipei,” in an attempt to participate in the Olympics without angering mainland China.

BOSTON — The International Skating Union apologized Thursday for displaying the flag of Taiwan, rather than the emblem of Chinese Taipei, at the 2025 world figure skating championships. The ...

Instead, they’re resigned to competing as Chinese Taipei and have to fly the Chinese Taipei flag. It all stems from Taiwan’s politically contentious status.

So, when you see the Chinese Taipei flag fly at the Olympic Games, just know that those are Taiwanese athletes who China and the IOC have forced to compete under a different flag, unable to ...

Instead of Taiwan's official banner, its Olympic athletes wear a white-colored Chinese Taipei flag on their uniforms. It features a five-petal flower encircled by the Olympic rings.

Supporters of Taiwanese badminton players Lee Yang and Wang Chi Lin celebrate with the Chinese Taipei flag outside the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris on Aug. 4, 2024, after the duo won beat ...