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London 2012: Taiwan compete reluctantly under flag of convenience
Guardian.co.uk - London 2012: Taiwan compete reluctantly under flag of convenience
London 2012: Taiwan compete reluctantly under flag of convenience
The influence of China has forced them to compete as Chinese Taipei, with an unfamiliar flag and a neutral anthem
Kuo Hsing-Chun of Taiwan competes in the women's 58-kg weightlifting competition at London 2012 – under the banner of Chinese Taipei. Photograph: Mike Groll/AP
Peter Walker
The Guardian, Mon 30 Jul 2012 22.49 BST
When Hsu Shu-ching took to the podium to receive her silver medal in the women's 53kg weightlifting competition, a fairly unusual flag was hoisted to honour her achievement – not the red, blue and white emblem of her home, Taiwan, but a more complicated design featuring, among other things, the five Olympic rings.
On Monday her compatriot in the 58kg competition also took to the stage at the ExCeL arena. "Kuo Hsing-chun, Chinese Taipei," came the announcement over the PA.
Such complications are the sporting symptoms of one of the most bitter disputes in modern international relations, in which an effectively independent island state of 23m people is obliged to compete under a made-up name, with a similarly artificial flag and anthem.
Still officially the Republic of China, or RoC, Taiwan separated from mainland China in 1949 when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces fled there after their defeat by Mao Zedong's communists. The RoC name symbolised Chiang's presumption that his Kuomintang party still represented China's real government rather than the communists, and would some day return. Beijing, by contrast, viewed – and still views – Taiwan as an upstart renegade province to be reintegrated, by force if necessary.
The resultant decades of heavily militarised jostling have been played out in microcosm at the Olympics. In 1956 Taiwan competed as the RoC, prompting mainland China to withdraw from the International Olympic Committee. But China's influence grew and in 1979 the IOC switched recognition to Beijing. Taiwan was left in a bind.
The eventual, somewhat messy, compromise of Chinese Taipei, at first bitterly resisted by the Taiwanese, allows the island separate participation but is sufficiently linguistically ambiguous enough to sound, in Beijing at least, more like a province than a country.
The formula is now used in everything from football to Taiwan's International Monetary Fund membership, even Miss World, which sometimes features a Miss Chinese Taipei.
Athletes who triumph under the banner even receive their medals to a special tune, officially, and wordily, known as the Anthem of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee.
Such is Taiwan's wider fate in an era of ever increased Chinese power. The island is now recognised as a nation by about two dozen mainly tiny nations, generally in return for Taiwanese aid and investment. Everyone else, even their close ally America, must officially pretend otherwise. As Chinese Taipei, Taiwan has had limited Olympic success, mainly in taekwondo – in 2004 the island won its only two gold medals on the same day in the sport – and weightlifting, with the occasional foray into archery and table tennis.
In London they are fielding a 32-strong squad, taking in athletics, archery, badminton, table tennis, swimming, weightlifting, fencing, cycling, sailing and taekwondo. Their opening ceremony flag bearer was the men's 105kg-plus weightlifter Chen Shih-chieh. Taiwanese Olympic success is hugely appreciated on the island, even under the name of convenience, said Jacqueline Shen, deputy head of the country's Olympic committee. "It means a lot to people, even though it's not easy for us. In reality we are a separate country. Chinese Taipei is a political term rather than a geographical one. We don't like it but we can cope with it.
"It's a bit unfair on the athletes. We explain it to them and they understand why we have to use this name and this flag. I'm sure they'd rather see their flag but it's a political reality."
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
學生作文---GEPT初級檢定50字作文 (3)
By Johnson (grade 5)
There was a storm
last night. It came with thunder and
lightning, so nobody was on the street. It
was so quiet. Suddenly, the lightning
hit a tree, and it fell on a puppy. At this crucial moment, a police officer
showed up to help this puppy. I think
the police office was so brave and kind.
He helped the puppy that was in danger.
By Kitty (grade 5)
There was a storm
with thunder and lightning last night.
Nobody was out on the street because the street became very dangerous in
the storm. A tree fell on a puppy. AT this special moment, a police officer came
to save the puppy. This puppy likes this
police office, and the police office likes the puppy, too. They have become best friends to each other.
By Sarah (grade 6)
There was a storm
last night. It came with thunder and
lightning. There was no one on the
street. Only a dog walked alone on the
street. The lightning hit a tree, and
the tree fell on the dog. A policeman
saw it and came to help the dog. The dog
was saved. It is very happy.
By Joy (grade 5)
There was a storm last
night. It came with thunder and
lightning. The street was very quiet and
lonely. A dog walked on a street. The lightning suddenly hit a tree, and it
fell on the dog. The dog was in great
pain. At this crucial moment, a
policeman came and rescued this dog.
這篇寫作要注意的地方：
1.
打雷：thunder (v, n)
2.
閃電：lightning (v, n, adj)
3.
intense moment
緊張時刻
4.
crucial
moment 重要關頭
5.
be in
danger：有危險
þ His life is in danger.
þ You are in danger of losing your job if you go on like this.
6.
dangerous：危險的
þ It is dangerous to ride a scooter without wearing your helmet.
學生作文---GEPT初級檢定50字作文 (2)
By Joy (grade 5)
George is a
policeman. He leads a regular life. He always goes to the police station at
7:30am, so he is never late for work.
The police station where he works is between the restaurant and the
flower shop. He’s at work from 8:00am to
10:00pm. He usually helps his colleagues,
so they like him a lot. George usually
gets off work at 10:15pm and goes home right away. 
By Sarah (grade 6)George is a policeman. His police office is between the restaurant and the flower shop. He usually gets to work at 7:30am, and he always works from 8:00am to 10:00pm. He usually goes to bed at 11:00pm. George enjoys his regular lifestyle.
By Johnson (grade 5)
George is my
father. He is a good policeman. The police station where he works is between
the restaurant and the flower shop. He works
at the police station from 8am to 10pm every day, and he goes home at half past
ten at night. He takes a quick shower
and then goes the bed at 11pm.
George is a
policeman. He lives a regular life. He works at the police department between the
restaurant and the flower shop. He goes to
the police department at 7:30am, and he works there from 8:00am to
10:00pm. He usually has his lunch at
12:30. He often gets home at 11:00pm and
feels so tired. He is very hard-working. I want to say “Thank you!” to him for doing
his job well.
這篇寫作要注意的地方：
1.
警察的英文說法有 policeman男警員, policewoman女警, police officer 男/女警員
þ traffic police officer 交通警察
þ undercover police officer 臥底警察
2.
police指的是警方，通常前面要加 the。
þ call the police 叫警察
þ police office 派出所
þ police station, police department, police bureau 警察局
þ military police 憲兵隊
þ riot police 鎮暴警察
þ police car警車
þ police force 警力
þ police action警察行動(對破壞國際和平者的鎮壓行動)
3.
live 【liv】 (v) 居住；過著
þ He lives in America. 他住在美國。
þ He lives/leads a regular life. 他過著規律的生活。
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