“I am willing to respect the 2020 Tokyo Olympics name rectification campaign (from "Chinese Taipei" to "Taiwan"), but I do not like being forced or to encounter people who want others to express their political ideas and do so with loud demands. Frankly speaking, I really dislike this kind of behavior.”

— Ko Wen-je

Ko Wen-je (2018) cited in " Ko Wen-je refuses to sign Olympic name-change bid http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/08/28/2003699341" on Taipei Times, 28 August 2018.

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