Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (IOC code: TPE; traditional chinese: 中華奧林匹克委員會, simplified chinese: 中华奥林匹克委员会, hanyu pinyin: Zhōnghuá Àolínpǐkè Wěiyuánhuì) is the National Olympic Committee representing the Republic of China (more commonly known as "Taiwan"). In 1979, the International Olympic Committee passed a resolution in Nagoya, Japan, resuming the rights of the Chinese Olympic Committee in the IOC, and meanwhile renaming the Taipei-based Olympic Committee as "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee".
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