内容简介
ChinaestablishedrelationshipwiththeIOCsoonafterWorldWarI.AftervigorousparticipationintheearlyeditionsoftheFarEastGames,theIOCrecognizedaChineseNationalOlympicCommittee.Subsequently,ChinaenteredathletesintheOlympicGamesof1932,1936and1948.Thecivilwar,whichresultedinthedefeatKouMingTang(KMT)anditssubse-quentretreattotheislandofTaiwan,promptedconfusionwithintheIOC.Twosportor-ganizationsemerged,oneinthePeoplesRepublicofChina(PRC)andoneonTaiwan,eachclaimingtorepresenteachothersathletesininternationalsportaffairs.Thedevelo-pingEast-WestColdWarpolarizedattitudesandinfluenceddiscussionswithintheIOConChineserepresentationintheOlympicGames.Forthirtyyearsthemajorbarrierpreventingsolutionoftheproblemwasthequestionofnames,thatis,theinsistencebyeachinbeingreferringtoinallglobalmattersasChina.TheinitialimpassereacheditsclimaxwiththePRCswithdrawalfromtheOlympicMovementin1958.Inthe1970s,theinternationalsituationchangedand,combinedwithanimprove-mentinpoliticalandeconomicenvironmentsinthePRC,asolutionwasreachedonthe"TwoChinas"issue.ThePRCwasadmittedtotheIOCasafullOlympicpartnerin1979.Primefactorsintheformulaforsolutionoftheproblemwere:(1)thePRCwasrecognizedbytheUnitedNationandTaiwanwasexpelledin1971,(2)ThePRCdevel-opedabetterdialogueandrelationshipwithIOC,primarilyduetoAveryBrundagessre-tirementaspresident,(3)changingrelationshipwithUnitedStates,(4)increasinginter-nationalrespectandrecognition,and(5)TheChinasinternalenvironmentwasimproveddramaticallybytheinitiativesofDengXiaoPingsnewpoliciesimplementedin1978.