Taichung loses right to host Games

YOUTH GAMES: The city urged the East Asian Olympic Committee to respect the rights of athletes, saying that doing otherwise would go against the Olympic spirit

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 25, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

The East Asian Olympic Committee yesterday announced that it has revoked

Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung holds a news conference at Taichung City Hall yesterday concerning the East Asian Olympic Committee’s decision to revoke Taichung’s right to host August next year’s East Asian Youth Games.  Photo: CNA

Taichung’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games due to “political factors” after the city had already spent nearly NT$677 million (US$22.04 million) on preparations for the event.

The government denounced what it called China’s “barbaric” interference in the committee.

The decision was made at a provisional committee meeting in Beijing yesterday, reportedly due to pressure from China, which is unhappy about a referendum proposal to rename Taiwan’s national sports team from “Chinese Taipei” to “Taiwan” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The committee is comprised of representatives from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Japan and Guam.
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