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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Rising

China welcomes Taiwanese athletes at the Asian Games but they still can't compete under their flag

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Taiwan's baseball team took the field Tuesday sporting caps and jerseys not with “T” for Taiwan, but “CT,” for Chinese Taipei.

China claims the democratic self-governing island as its own, and a decades-old agreement between Taipei and Beijing means that Taiwanese teams can only compete internationally if they don't use the name - or flag - of Taiwan.

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