Mainland plea to end Taiwan's name issue

The mainland yesterday called on both sides of the Taiwan Straits to resolve misunderstandings regarding the name of the island's Olympic team.

Accusations from certain Taiwan media that mainland media violate relevant pacts by changing the Chinese-language name of the island's team from "Zhonghua Taipei" to "Zhongguo Taipei" are not conducive to trust-building, a spokesman for the Taiwan affairs office under the State Council, said.

In 1979, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) passed a resolution in Nagoya, Japan, restoring the rights of the Chinese Olympic Committee within the IOC, meanwhile renaming the Taipei-based Olympic Committee "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee", the spokesman said.