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Qatar Reverses Decision to List Taiwan as a Province of China

by Eric Olander
Qatar's Hayaa Card app had originally listed visitors from Taiwan as being from China, but organizers later reversed that decision.

World Cup organizers in Qatar appear to have reversed a decision to list ticket holders from Taiwan as being from China.

Earlier this week, the Foreign Ministry in Taipei said it was “unacceptable” that its residents would be listed in the Gulf country’s Hayaa identity app as hailing from China rather than Taiwan.

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