Taiwan urges China not to politicize sports after Taiwanese paddler wore red scarf

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has called on Chinese authorities not to use sports exchanges for united front propaganda, after Taiwanese table tennis player Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) appeared at an event in China recently wearing a red scarf linked to the Chinese Young Pioneers.

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