Chinese Taipei Olympic flag

Chinese Taipei


梅花旗 (Méihuāqí), literally "Plum Blossom Banner"
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1981
Design	Below the National Emblem of the Republic of China is the Olympic symbol#Olympic five rings, surrounded by a five-petal plum blossom (National Flower of the Republic of China) For The colors of the flag of the Republic of China「Red、white、blue Three Colorsconstitute」，Bottom For White Banner.

Court case over IOC decision

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In November 1979, the IOC passed the Nagoya Resolution, requiring the "Republic of China Olympic Committee" to change its name to "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee" and adopt a new flag and song if it wanted to participate in the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of China strongly opposed this decision and filed a lawsuit against the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland, forcing the International Olympic Committee to amend its charter on March 21, 1981, changing the countries or regions participating in the International Olympic Committee to the National Olympic Conferences or Regional Olympic Conferences participating in the International Olympic Committee.^[2] The ROC claimed that the conditions concerning its name, flag, and anthem violated articles 6, 64, and 66 of the Olympic Charter. However, despite appealing an initial court judgment, the ROC was not successful. On 15 January 1980, a Swiss court rejected the ROC effort to remain in the Olympic movement under the name of "Republic of China."^[3]^[4]^[5]

After a series of strong objections, Taiwan formally accepted the compromise of the International Olympic Committee on March 23, 1981Signed with the International Olympic Committee《Lausanne Agreement》The Republic of China will return to International sports events held in the name of Chinese Taipei, the flag of the Chinese Taipei Association, National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China, 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia.^[6]

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Other flags

For other Olympic-affiliated and international sporting events, Taiwan uses variations on the Olympic flag:

The Paralympic flag replaces the Olympic rings with the logo of the International Paralympic Committee
Starting at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics a new flag replaced the Olympic rings with the Deaflympics logo. A prior version instead featured a green Chinese dragon and the name "Chinese Taipei" on lower part from the symbol.
Prior to 2006, the flag of the Chinese Taipei national football team replaced the Olympic rings with the taijitu (the yin and yang symbol), with the black and white dots replaced with footballs and has a yellow background.
The Universiade flag replaces the Olympic rings with the letter U (from the logo of the FISU) and has an electric blue background.
The World School Sport Games flag replace the Olympic Rings with a pictogram 中 and a letter V in Latin script for the victory word.
The flag of both the Chinese Taipei men's national volleyball team and Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team replaces the Olympic rings with a volleyball-playing figure and the abbreviation of the Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association.