00:00A former manager for Taiwan's national men's football team was removed from a match at the AFC Women's Asian Cup
00:06in Australia after cheering for Taiwan.
00:15Taiwan, competing as Chinese Taipei, was playing a group stage match against India.
00:20Partway through the game, Coach Tsun got up and started leading cheers in support of Taiwan.
00:25Organizers said that he was not allowed to stand up and cheer.
00:28That's despite eyewitnesses saying others did the same.
00:32It's suspected that organizers took issue with Tsun saying Taiwan.
00:36China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and often suppresses mentions of the country at international events.
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