Question on the PRC, ROC and the Olympics

[Kiwi]

Just a question on the whole politicization of the Olympics issue.

When was the PRC first invited to attend the Olympics? I have read that the PRC boycotted during the 1950s and 1960s in response to the ROC being allowed to compete as ‘Republic of China’. When you add in the 1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics, this run of ‘boycotts’ would seem to make the PRC the nation that has boycotted more games than any other.

But did the PRC boycott those 1950s and 1960s Olympics or were they deliberately excluded by the IOC (perhaps under pressure from the U.S. and the ROC)?

Or maybe the IOC offered the PRC the type of humiliating terms Taiwan currently participates under (i.e. no flags or anthems, plus a silly team name) and they refused?

Does anyone know the full story on this one?

[Big_Fluffy_Matthew]

China boycotted all the games until 1979
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_at_the_Olympics

en.olympic.cn/coc/index.html

In May 1954, not long after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the IOC recognized the All-China Sports Federation (Chinese Olympic Committee) at the 49th IOC Session held in Athens. In 1956, however, the IOC allowed the Taiwan authorities to send a team to the 16th Olympic Games. The All-China Sports Federation protested against the “two Chinas” plot fabricated by the IOC leader. In August 1958, the COC severed all its relations with the IOC. It was not until November 26, 1979 that, with a resolution adopted by all IOC members, the COC’s legal status was reinstated in the IOC, while the Olympic Committee in Taipei was allowed to remain in the IOC under the name of “the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee.”

The same COC that says that politics shouldn’t be involved in the Olympics, I presume.
We also see that “Two Chinas” wasn’t started by Taiwan, but by the IOC.

[Kiwi]

Ahh. . . very interesting.

So which nation has boycotted the most Olympics? Given that string of anti-Taiwan boycotts, plus Moscow, it looks like it could be the PRC. Can anyone confirm this?

[yamato]

[quote=“Kiwi”]Ahh. . . very interesting.

So which nation has boycotted the most Olympics? Given that string of anti-Taiwan boycotts, plus Moscow, it looks like it could be the PRC. Can anyone confirm this?[/quote]

It certainly is the case.

[Lord_Lucan]

But zeugmite said that the Olympics are not political!!! Could he possibly be wrong? Shouldn’t someone tell China!!!

[KingZog]

@Lord Lucan

But zeugmite said that the Olympics are not political!!! Could he possibly be wrong? Shouldn’t someone tell China!!!

As a mere white person you can’t possibly understand the genius of CCP’s Chinese Marxism/Leninism/National Socialism! If the Leader tells us that China must boycott the olympics because of politics, we must boycott the olympics. If later on the Leader tells us they are not political, they are not political. Both of these things are in no way contradictory, and if you’re hungry enough and love the Leader you can believe both at the same time.