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Editor|Uncle Yu
On the evening of August 4, the badminton men's doubles final of the Paris Olympics was held as scheduled.
After three rounds of fierce battles, the "Liang Wang Combination" defeated Chinese Taipei players Li Yang and Wang Chi-lin with a score of 1-2.
This is the second Olympic gold medal won by Li Yang and Wang Qilin since the Tokyo Olympics.
This is also the first gold medal won by the Chinese Taipei team at the Paris Olympics.
Liang Wang Combo
It is worth mentioning that at the award ceremony, the Chinese Taipei team raised the flag of the Taiwan Olympic Organizing Committee and played the anthem of the Taiwan Olympic Organizing Committee.
Such a small detail represents the international recognition of the "one-China principle" and also represents that the reunification of the motherland has become the trend of the times.
Many netizens said: The organizer is too level.
But in fact, in addition to the flag and song, there is also a major change, which is quietly happening.
That is the transformation of "Chinese Taipei" to "Chinese Taipei".
"Chinese Taipei" and "Chinese Taipei" are only one word apart, but they are of great significance.
The opening of "Chinese Taipei".
When it comes to New China's first participation in the Olympic Games, many Chinese people may think of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
That year, Chinese player Xu Haifeng won the gold medal in the shooting competition, achieving a "zero breakthrough" for China.
It was also from that year that China became a regular on the Olympic podium.
But what many people don't know is that as early as 1952, Chinese athletes appeared on the venue of the Helsinki Olympic Games.
Xu Haifeng
In 1952, Finland hosted the 15th Olympic Games in Helsinki.
It was the third year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the country was in ruins, and the international countries were eyeing each other.
Under these circumstances, "whether or not we can participate in the Olympic Games" is not only a major event for the mainland in the sports circles, but also a major event for the country.
Helsinki Olympics
Thanks to the mainland's strenuous efforts, we finally received an "invitation letter" a few days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
The "invitation" is in hand, but new problems have arisen.
Seeing that there are only a few days left before the opening ceremony, the mainland has not even decided on the delegation.
Is there still time?
"You must go, as long as the five-star red flag can be raised in the Olympic stadium, this is a victory."
Premier Zhou Enlai's words floated in the conference hall and into everyone's hearts, and those previous worries disappeared in an instant.
In this way, China assembled a delegation of 40 people as quickly as possible and embarked on a journey to Netherlands.
In a hurry, our delegation finally arrived at the competition site five days before the end of the Olympic Games.
In the end, only one player competed, but it was a good start for us at that time.
It's just that what people didn't expect was that this was not the beginning of hope, but the beginning of struggle.
In 1956, Australia hosted the 16th Olympic Games in Melbourne.
For the purpose of this Olympic Games, the mainland organized the first large-scale selection of athletes since the founding of New China.
Talent selection, customized clothing, finalized members......
Just as the mainland was gearing up, a piece of news from the International Olympic Committee ignited the anger of all the Chinese people.
Ignition ceremony for the Melbourne Olympics
It turned out that the International Olympic Committee not only invited China to attend the Olympics, but also allowed Taiwan to participate in the Olympics alone.
How can we endure this!
As soon as the Continental Olympic Committee learned the news, it protested against the IOC.
But the IOC not only ignored it, but also put forward the absurd idea of "joint teaming".
As you can imagine, our motherland, which never bowed her head, immediately withdrew from the 16th Olympic Games and launched a 23-year struggle with the International Olympic Committee.
In the 23 years of struggle, the mainland has missed a total of six Olympic Games.
In these six Olympic Games, Taiwan, China, has changed its name four times.
It was not until 1980 that the title "Chinese Taipei" was officially established.
In 1979, at the "Nagoya Conference" organized by the International Olympic Committee, China resumed its rightful seat in the Olympic Committee and returned to the Olympic family.
This also means that in the future Olympic Games, Taiwan, China, must participate in the name of the "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee".
At the beginning, China's Taiwan side used many means to try to prevent this from happening.
But where can the little fish afford any big wind and waves, and in the end it is not necessary to obediently return to the embrace of the sea.
In 1980, representatives of Taiwan signed the Lausanne Agreement in Lausanne, Switzerland, officially accepting the title "Chinese Taipei".
Since then, in the arena of the international Olympic Games, there is no "Taiwan", only "Chinese Taipei".
Officially renamed "Chinese Taipei"
Due to the language difference between English and Chinese, the name "Chinese Taipei" actually has two translations.
One is "Chinese Taipei" and the other is "Chinese Taipei".
At the beginning of the establishment of the name, of course, everyone was more inclined to "Chinese Taipei".
However, due to the dispute between the two sides, Comrade Deng Xiaoping finally decided on the translation of "Chinese Taipei."
Unexpectedly, this name, which is full of love and respect for the motherland, was "exploited" by people with hearts.
As everyone knows, "China" represents our country - the "People's Republic of China".
"China" represents our "Chinese nation."
Some people in Taiwan, China, use the name of "Chinese Taipei" to participate in international sports events, but they do not have half of their patriotism in their hearts.
Faced with such a situation, we immediately decided to change "Chinese Taipei" to "Chinese Taipei".
After the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships, some people found that the "Chinese Taipei Team" in the CCTV program became the "Chinese Taipei Team".
Not only that, major news websites and official Weibo have begun to call the Chinese Taiwan delegation "Chinese Taipei team".
At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and the Beijing Winter Olympics, the sign held by the Chinese Taiwan delegation when it appeared still had the words "Chinese Taipei" printed on it.
They may think that it is a "heroic struggle", but in fact, in our opinion, it is nothing more than a "senseless struggle".
Because when they appeared, our CCTV commentator categorically shouted out the four big words "Chinese Taipei".
Of course, there are also some people who vent their frustration on the Internet.
But so what?
There is only one China, and this is an internationally recognized fact.
"Chinese Taipei" at the Paris Olympics
The Paris Olympics hosted by France this time were almost spit out by the whole network before the start of the competition.
But if nothing else, France has done a very good job in safeguarding the "one-China principle."
Before the start of each game, there are special staff standing at the entrance of the stadium to check the belongings of spectators to avoid prohibited items in the stadium.
At last night's badminton men's doubles final, a Taiwan girl tried to enter the stadium with an irregular billboard.
As a result, as soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by the big brother of France and took away the sign.
However, although the France people clung to the crackdown, some people still brought things into the stadium.
No, a Taiwan man brought his "green rag" to the scene of the men's doubles semifinals.
Not only that, but he also held rags high and shouted loudly as the players competed.
Not surprisingly, his movements quickly caught the attention of the staff.
I saw a France uncle walk up to him with a majestic spirit and snatch his rags.
The man also tried to reason with the uncle, but the uncle ignored him, turned around and walked away with the rags.
The man didn't mess around too much, and he still left the last bit of dignity for himself.
But then the eldest sister was not so lucky.
Seeing that the things of the previous man had been taken away, an eldest sister wearing a floral skirt still did not give up, and stood in the aisle again holding a "green rag".
This can infuriate the France staff.
I saw a man in pink snatch the things directly, and then quickly left the scene under the protection of other staff, leaving only the eldest sister in the floral skirt to scold in the back.
In the end, the eldest sister in the floral skirt was also invited out of the venue, which was really happy.
In addition, some careful netizens found that on the medal list of the last Tokyo Olympics, the title of the Taiwan delegation was still "Chinese Taipei".
And at this Paris Olympics, "Chinese Taipei" has become "Chinese Taipei".
Tokyo Olympics medal table
epilogue
Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and this is a fact that no one can change.
In the Olympic Games, there is no Taiwan team, only the "Chinese Taipei team".
So in the Chinese vs. Taipei match, there are no losers, only winners - China.
I also hope that one day, when the Chinese Taipei team wins the championship again, the Olympic stadium will sound the "March of the Volunteers".
Some references:
1. Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang won the silver in the badminton men's doubles at the Paris Olympics. The Paper.2024-08-04
2. The Paris Olympics officially opened. CCTV.2024-07-27
3. Just now, CCTV officially changed the name of Taiwan, and the attitude exploded!.Kunlun Ce.com2017-04-18