TAIWAN'S NAME IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS

Early day motion 2092, tabled 17 July 2008 by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 13 members.

That this House calls for the Chinese government to use the established and recognised name of Taiwan (in Chinese translation `Chinese Taipei') for the Beijing Olympics; regrets that the Chinese government tries to manipulate the name of that country's sports teams to bring up the political issues of Chinese-Taiwanese relations; stresses that the name `Chinese Taipei' was agreed upon by the Olympic committees of both Taiwan and China in 1989; and opposes the Chinese intention to name Taiwan as `Taipei, China', which presents Taiwan as a part of China and violates the 1989 agreement.

Signatures by party: Labour 8, Liberal Democrat 4, UKIP 1.