Riot Won't Say "Taiwan" on the Air - Chinese Parent Company

John Stud·May 9, 2015·10 votes·1,409 views

>Tencent, Chinese firm owns Riot games

>caster says Europe... Fnatic >caster says Korea... SKT1 >caster says China... EDG >caster says LMS team ... AHQ

10 Comments

qetzelMay 9, 20154 votes

Maybe because the region doesn't consist solely of Taiwanese teams. For example, Hong Kong Esports.

SlytherMinnMay 9, 20151 votes

Interesting.

blkh1May 9, 20151 votes

Makes sense with it being a Chinese parent company.

XigXagMay 9, 20151 votes

Considering Taiwan considers itself to be the Republic of China, while "China" considers itself to be the People's Republic of China, it'd be a little odd to have two "China" teams.

So, just like how the UN gave the current "China" the "China" seat, and Taiwan some other seat, Riot gave "China" "China" and completely disregards Taiwan.

SEKAIMay 9, 20152 votes

{quoted}

Considering Taiwan considers itself to be the Republic of China, while "China" considers itself to be the People's Republic of China, it'd be a little odd to have two "China" teams.

So, just like how the UN gave the current "China" the "China" seat, and Taiwan some other seat, Riot gave "China" "China" and completely disregards Taiwan.

As a born Taiwanese myself, I ensure you the political and historical background/tension between Taiwan and China isn't all that clear cut and simple.

Mariah AD CareyMay 9, 20151 votes

{quoted}

Considering Taiwan considers itself to be the Republic of China, while "China" considers itself to be the People's Republic of China, it'd be a little odd to have two "China" teams.

So, just like how the UN gave the current "China" the "China" seat, and Taiwan some other seat, Riot gave "China" "China" and completely disregards Taiwan.

Or just refer to the Republic of China as Taiwan and the People's Republic as China...

Obviously it's more complicated than that due to the political tensions between the two countries, but that is a simple solution.

LlaniteMay 9, 20151 votes

Fun fact, Nepal declines Taiwan aid because China offered theirs first.

Moral of the story: China is a big bad mean country No one wants to mess with.

Smart KittyMay 9, 20151 votes

Well to be fair the region consists of 3 countries. It doesn't have an all inclusive title like Europe for all the eu countries. Since Chinese region is just China, and Korean region is just Korea, they can get away with those.

TheGrandAllianceMay 10, 20151 votes

HOLY FUCKING OMG SHITUNESS! Your right... POST OF THE YEAR AWARD!

...this info is almost worth considering banning RIOT from playing ever again. VILE CHINA TO DOOOMULATE THE UNIVERSE! LoL: Assuming I Don't get banned of course. ANywyas another reason why RIOT selling itself ==EPICFAIL.

IDK why they just don't call it "Chinese Taiwan"... its not like it isn't called Taiwan anyways.