The Chinese see Taiwan as a renegade province and do not officially recognise Tai Wan.....Taiwan. Therefore, for some sports and cultural events, often the Taiwanese compete as Chinese Taipei. Splitting hairs maybe. As Lee Kuan Yue of Singapore once said, people are not bothered with the intricacies of diplomacy and freedom until GDP reaches 20k dollars....as to China and Taiwan, loads of political heat but, in fact, Taiwan is the largest investor in the mainland, even greater than the States, Japan or Germany......