• PKMKII [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      I think it’s a holdover from the British colonial days. Puerto Rico has one too.

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 months ago

        I keep forgetting that a lot of people on the internet were too young to remember/not born around the time of the handover in 1997.

        My anime poisoned brain always remembers Neo-Hong Kong being the host country for the Gundam Fight tournament lol.

    • Greenleaf [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      I think part of it is, in table tennis China is so dominant that it allows more Chinese competitors. I don’t think HK competes in anything else. It’s like if they allowed Texas to compete as its own country in flag football (yes, that will be an Olympic event in 2028).