Country abbreviations always provide a fun guessing game at the Olympics and Tokyo 2020 is no exception with TPE causing confusion. <\/p>
There\u2019s plenty to wrap your head around at the Olympics in 2020 \u2013 firstly the fact that it\u2019s even called \u201cTokyo 2020\u201d in 2021 \u2013 but country abbreviations are causing further confusion as the Games progress.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve already covered the ROC<\/a> controversy, with Russia officially being banned from competing at the Games, but more three-letter abbreviations may take some explaining, including TPE.<\/p>\n Six medals have been won by TPE athletes including gold in the women\u2019s 59kg weightlifting spectacle as well as silvers by the men\u2019s archery team and in the men\u2019s 60kg judo final.<\/p>\n But who are TPE and why have they been branded with that particular code?<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com<\/a> is here to help clear up the confusion surrounding TPE at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.<\/p> TPE stands for Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games for Tokyo 2020, though the athletes competing for TPE are actually from Taiwan.<\/p>\n Chinese Taipei have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1984 under that name and have won at least one gold medal in their last five appearances including this current Games.<\/p>\n Of course, the Chinese Taipei brand is far from widely accepted across the globe and is certainly not without controversy. Are you ready for a rapid fire Chinese history lesson? Of course you are.<\/p>\n The Republic of China was the dominant force in mainland China until 1949 when, as a result of the Chinese Civil War, they were deposed and relocated to Taiwan.<\/p>\n The People\u2019s Republic of China, led by the infamous Chairman Mao of the Chinese Communist Party, began to rule the country that went on to become the China we know today with the new flag \u2013 red with five yellow stars in the top left corner.<\/p>\n The Republic of China, who were ousted from the mainland, took up residence in the island territory of Taiwan and kept their flag.<\/p>\n Since 1949, the island has been a disputed territory. The People\u2019s Republic of China contest the authorities on the island, claiming its government is illegitimate.<\/p>\n Anyway, back to sport, shall we? Pressure from the People\u2019s Republic of China forced Taiwan \u2013 who had been competing in the Olympics under the banner of Republic of China \u2013 to instead compete under the banner of Chinese Taipei.<\/p>\n Taiwan \u2013 or Chinese Taipei \u2013 lies just off the south east coast of mainland China, adrift from the Fujian region. It is also relatively close to Hong Kong in that corner of China.<\/p>\n The island sits north of Philippines and a north east trip from the capital, Kaohsiung City, across the east China sea would lead to the south west coast of Japan where the Games are being held.<\/p>\n Find out what else is on at the Games with our guide to the Olympics on TV today<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Country abbreviations always provide a fun guessing game at the Olympics and Tokyo 2020 is no exception with TPE causing confusion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2334,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo.jpg",1024,683,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo.jpg",800,534,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo.jpg",1024,683,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/what-country-is-tpe-at-the-olympics-2020-in-tokyo.jpg",1024,683,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Country abbreviations always provide a fun guessing game at the Olympics and Tokyo 2020 is no exception with TPE causing confusion.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Which country is TPE at the Olympics?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Why is Taiwan competing as Chinese Taipei in the Olympics?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Where is Chinese Taipei on a map?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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