Angelina Yang thought she knew the Olympic rules - no national flags, no political messages. She was excited to support her compatriot athletes at the Olympics Games in France, where she was living and studying. So the Taiwanese student made what she thought was an uncontroversial sign - the outline of her home island, with the words “jiayou Taiwan” (Go Taiwan) written in Chinese.
But as she unfurled the sign in the stadium stands to watch her team play China in badminton, she was quickly surrounded.
