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Bitter aftertaste: Taiwan’s leading baristas forced to compete at global coffee championship as ‘Chinese Taipei’
Berg Wu remembers the pride he felt when he was crowned world barista champion. The stands that June day in Dublin were packed with cheering friends as he bested competitors from more than 50 countries to take first place at the 2016 World Coffee Championships (WCC).The first Taiwanese person to win the competition, he draped the red, blue and white nationalist flag of the Republic of China – Taiwan’s official name – over his shoulders as he posed for pictures with his award.But a decade on, that victory will now have an asterisk next to it in his mind. On Wednesday, the Taiwan Coffee Association announced it had been informed by WCC organisers that all Taiwanese participants were now required to compete under the name “Chinese Taipei” as a “basic and unavoidable condition for participating”.The move applies retroactively, Wu says, meaning his victory now represents an entity he does not recognise.“The whole process was extremely opaque. It just happened,” Wu tells the Guardian. “None of us competitors and no one in the wider coffee community had heard anything about this beforehand.”For decades Olympians from Taiwan – formally the Republic of China – have had to compete under the team name
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Taiwan president visits Eswatini after blaming China for previous cancelled trip
50 minutes agoTaiwanese President high-fives compatriots as he arrives in EswatiniTaiwan's President Lai Ching-te has arrived in Eswatini, days after his government said a trip had been cancelled due to China pressuring African countries to stop him flying over their territories. His visit to Eswatini - Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Africa - followed "days of careful arrangements by the diplomatic and national security teams", he said, without giving further details on how he reached the country. China described the visit as a "stowaway-style escape farce". China views Taiwan as part of its territory with no right to state-to-state relations. Images showed Lai being welcomed by Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Dlamini as he walked past a guard of honour. Taiwan's delegation also included Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and National Security Council Adviser Alex Huang, according to its presidential office.Taiwan Presidential Office HandoutTaiwan President Lai Ching-te (M) is greeted by Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Dlamini (R) on arrivalLai's visit this time was not announced in advance by either government.The trip had originally been set for 22 to 26 April, to mark the 40th anniversary of Eswatini's King Mswati III's accession. It was suspended after Taiwan said Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar had
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Bitter aftertaste: Taiwan’s leading baristas forced to compete at global coffee championship as ‘Chinese Taipei’
Berg Wu remembers the pride he felt when he was crowned world barista champion. The stands that June day in Dublin were packed with cheering friends as he bested competitors from more than 50 countries to take first place at the 2016 World Coffee Championships (WCC).The first Taiwanese person to win the competition, he draped the red, blue and white nationalist flag of the Republic of China – Taiwan’s official name – over his shoulders as he posed for pictures with his award.But a decade on, that victory will now have an asterisk next to it in his mind. On Wednesday, the Taiwan Coffee Association announced it had been informed by WCC organisers that all Taiwanese participants were now required to compete under the name “Chinese Taipei” as a “basic and unavoidable condition for participating”.The move applies retroactively, Wu says, meaning his victory now represents an entity he does not recognise.“The whole process was extremely opaque. It just happened,” Wu tells the Guardian. “None of us competitors and no one in the wider coffee community had heard anything about this beforehand.”For decades Olympians from Taiwan – formally the Republic of China – have had to compete under the team name
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Taiwan president visits Eswatini after blaming China for previous cancelled trip
50 minutes agoTaiwanese President high-fives compatriots as he arrives in EswatiniTaiwan's President Lai Ching-te has arrived in Eswatini, days after his government said a trip had been cancelled due to China pressuring African countries to stop him flying over their territories. His visit to Eswatini - Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Africa - followed "days of careful arrangements by the diplomatic and national security teams", he said, without giving further details on how he reached the country. China described the visit as a "stowaway-style escape farce". China views Taiwan as part of its territory with no right to state-to-state relations. Images showed Lai being welcomed by Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Dlamini as he walked past a guard of honour. Taiwan's delegation also included Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and National Security Council Adviser Alex Huang, according to its presidential office.Taiwan Presidential Office HandoutTaiwan President Lai Ching-te (M) is greeted by Eswatini Prime Minister Russell Dlamini (R) on arrivalLai's visit this time was not announced in advance by either government.The trip had originally been set for 22 to 26 April, to mark the 40th anniversary of Eswatini's King Mswati III's accession. It was suspended after Taiwan said Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar had
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