Thursday, August 07, 2008

Beijing Olympic Watch: Taiwan's DPP Calls for Ma to Boycott Opening Ceremonies

Here's an interesting development as the opposition party calls for the Taiwanese government to boycott the opening of the Beijing Games. The Ma administration will send some 150 senior officials.

Note also the possible implications of the actual location of the Taiwanese team in the opening ceremony's procession.

Related earlier post here about the political semantics of the Taiwanese Olympic team name.

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