Taiwan replaced as volleyball tourney host amid China pressure

Indonesia has replaced Taiwan as host of an Asian youth volleyball championship scheduled for July due to China's objection, the island's sports association said Wednesday, days after the victory of an independence-leaning party candidate in Taiwan's presidential election over the weekend.China lodged a protest last month to the Asian Volleyball Confederation, the governing body for the sport in the region, pointing out that it could not send a team to the tournament for men under 20 years old, citing "complexities in cross-Taiwan Strait political relations," the island's association said.T…READ FULL ARTICLE