• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 months ago

    Hong Kong’s team and China’s team are two separate and distinct entities at the Olympics. China specifically outlined that they were alright with that back in 1997.

      • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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        5 months ago

        No? The Olympics treat them as separate entities because at the Olympics they are separate entities. This is a tableau of medal counts, and Hong Kong’s team operates independently of China’s as an independent entity.

          • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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            5 months ago

            Hong Kong has maintained their own independent Olympic team since 1952. During the handover of the territory in 1997, China outlined in the treaty that incorporated Hong Kong and later the Hong Kong constitution in Article 151, Chapter 7 of the Basic Law,

            May, on its own, maintain and develop relations and conclude and implement agreements with foreign states and regions and relevant international organizations in the appropriate fields, including the economic, trade, financial and monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural and sports fields"

            I really don’t get what’s so hard to understand here. At the Olympics, they are two separate entities with two separate Olympic committees.

              • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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                5 months ago

                Why are you shifting the conversation? I was talking about Hong Kong. Where did I ever mention the other parts of the table? Do you think I’m defending the Olympic committee?

                Really?

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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                  5 months ago

                  I'm not shifting the conversation. The whole context here is the image I posted where they split up China and HK while combining EU countries into one entity. Hence why I was pointing out the absurdity of the whole thing.

                  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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                    5 months ago

                    Thats where the liberalism comes in, and why I’m not “defending” what they did with the other combinations.

                    I’m just saying that there’s at least a plausible reason to separate the Chinese and Hong Kong numbers.

                    I’m not arguing about this with you. Goodbye. I just stated they were separate teams. Not everything is an argument.