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，
