Chinese Taipei
Proper noun
Meaning
Chinese Taipei
A name under which the Republic of China (Taiwan) participates in international organisations.
Synonyms
Examples
Chinese Taipei is sending a team who were originally scheduled to compete in another cancelled event, the East Asian Championships in Korea, while New Zealand’s entries include the Youth Olympic Games flag-bearer Kanah Andrews-Nahu.
From 2009 until 2016 Taiwan was allowed to attend World Health Assembly meetings as an under the name “Chinese Taipei.”
After edging out Chinese Taipei in a seven-goal thriller on their opening Pool B match on Thursday, Oman came up against a confident Sri Lankan side who also began their campaign with an emphatic 6-0 win over Kazakhstan.
In a tense tie-breaker, which included a 30-shot rally decided by a Bertens winner, it was the Czech Republic’s Strycova and Hsieh, of Chinese Taipei, who prevailed 9-7 after Bertens and Barty had earlier held a match point.
After officially signing the contract, Vietnam faces Chinese Taipei on March 24 and Iraq on March 29 in the World Cup 2018 qualifiers.
Chinese Taipei seemed to have learnt from their 0-5 loss to India in the opener and had kept it tight against New Zealand in the previous game.