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For Taiwan’s Olympics team, everything is in a name

FILE - Human right groups gather on the United Nations international Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2021, in front of the Bank of China building in Taipei, Taiwan, to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing for the Winter Olympics, which open Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, can’t use Taiwan’s flag. For Taiwan, every appearance on the global stage is fraught with politics, and even more so when that stage is China. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File) FILE - Huang Yu-ting, of Taiwan, wears golden skates as she passes the Olympic rings when skating laps prior to the women's 1,500 meters speedskating race at the Gangneung Oval at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 12, 2018. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing for the Winter Olympics, which open Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, can’t use Taiwan’s flag and have long competed under a name, Chinese Taipei. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) In this photo provided by Charles Lee, his daughter Maggie Lee, of Taiwan, waits at the start of a ski competition held in Austria on Jan. 6, 2022. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing for the Winter Olympics, which open Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, can’t use Taiwan’s flag and have long competed under a name, Chinese Taipei. “When I’m meeting people, I’ll them I’m from Taiwan, because, if you tell people you’re from Chinese Taipei, nobody knows where you’re from, you can’t find it on Google,” she said. (Charles Lee via AP) FILE - Lien Te-An, of Taiwan, carries a flag during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 9, 2018. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing for the Winter Olympics, which open Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, can’t use Taiwan’s flag. They have long competed under a name, Chinese Taipei, that is rarely used and was forced on the team by a geopolitical divide that predates the Cold War. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) In this photo provided by Szollos Peter, Ray Ho is holds a flag in Italy on Feb. 26, 2019, created to represent Chinese Taipei, the name under which Taiwan competes under in international sporting competitions. Under an agreement struck by the Taiwan government and the IOC in 1981 they compete under the name and flag of Chinese Taipei after a referendum to change their name to Taiwan failed in 2018. (Szollos Peter via AP)