The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team:
1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" (中國奧林匹克委員會) is created to represent China's interests in Olympic Games activities.
1922: The IOC recognized this CNO.
1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as "China"[1]
1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to Taipei;[2]
1951: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is organized;[2]
1952: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is invited to the Olympics for the first time, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Only one athlete, Wu Chuanyu, a swimmer, was able to participate, given that the Committee "was accepted for affiliation a mere two days before the opening of the Games".[3]
1954: The IOC adopts a resolution officially recognizing the "Chinese Olympic Committee" (中国奥林匹克委员会) of the People's Republic of China. The PRC is invited to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and thusly organizes a delegation, but withdraws in protest of the two China's issue;[2][4]
1958: PRC withdraws from the Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns;[2]
1979: The IOC officially recognizes the PRC Chinese Olympic Committee as the representative body for "China" under Communist rule. The ROC Chinese Olympic Committee is officially renamed the "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee".[2][4]
Berlioux, Monique, "Concerning China", Olympic Review, No. 66-67 p. 171–174, 1973 May–June. Olympic Information Center – China (PDF), retrieved on 2008-08-24
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