The world's governing body for practical shooting has been told by the International Olympic Committee that Taiwan must compete as Chinese Taipei at its events. The move comes after an incident at a shooting event in Indonesia in August where a Chinese national tried to forcefully remove a Taiwanese flag.
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00:00The World Governing Body for Practical Shooting will stop using Taiwan's flag at its events.
00:06The ban follows an incident at an event in Indonesia in August where a Chinese national
00:11tried to forcefully remove a Taiwanese flag.
00:14The International Olympic Committee told the governing body that Taiwan will need to compete
00:19as Chinese Taipei.
00:21That's the name Taiwan uses to take part in most international sporting events due to
00:26pressure from China.