JAKARTA, Indonesia --- Imagine if the United States could not compete under its real name at the Olympics. Or Japan, or Spain or India. That's the reality for Taiwan, which is also formally known as the Republic of China. But at the on-going Asian Games in Indonesia --- as well as the Olympics --- the island is listed officially as Chinese Taipei, and marches under a white flag adorned with the Olympic rings. Its own red, blue and white flag is banned. "This gives us a chance to compete and make our strength known internationally, so we accept the pity that we have to compete under the name of Chinese Taipei," Jacqueline Yi-ting Shen, the secretary general of Taiwan's Oly...
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