The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) and more than a dozen other overseas groups, in a letter, urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Taiwan's team to compete under the name "Taiwan" rather than "Chinese Taipei", reported Focus Taiwan.
To explore how locals in the self-governed island feel, which China claims as its own, American director Garret Clarke decided to make the 20-minute documentary film titled ""What's in a Name? A Chinese Taipei Story."
A US-based organisation called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Taiwan to compete under its own name instead of "Chinese Taipei", reported Taiwan News.