name changed for CHN region?

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Image 1: New Map
https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltb730eada072bdbf4/bltd9d0595937589df7/62fbe6bc429e5c7a05cca24d/VCT_DomesticLeague_Ecosystem_Map_v3_(1).jpg

sourced from https://valorantesports.com/news/introducing-the-valorant-challengers-23/en-us

Image 2: Old Map from VLR.gg Article
https://owcdn.net/img/62fbac713bb37.jpg (older) - sourced from VLR article

look at the PACIFIC league - "Chinese Taipei & Hong Kong" has been changed to "Taiwan & Hong Kong". Does this actually change the region of play for that Challengers section or it's just Riot trying to be politically correct?

edit: The VLR image was taken before the official VALORANT Esports article image was changed.
eedit 2: Chinese Taipei and Taiwan are the same place, certaiin organizations refer to Taiwan as Chinese Taipei (they're interchangable but each may have a political meaning)

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no_noise_979

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its same region just with a different name

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ok, Google says:

"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups representing the Republic of China, a state commonly known as Taiwan.

So Riot has simply reverted to using "Taiwan" so people can understand what region it is better

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Yeetus

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no it is taiwan china doesn’t have a league
taiwan and china are different

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gotcha, I'm under the impression that EDG will have to begin competing in challengers from there

smol american bren did not realize the difference (._.)

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Politically I think