African Nationhood

(I forgot to mention it before. In the book review area, a book friend has made a report on the territorial scope of the South China Autonomous Territory, not only in the mainland but also in overseas territories. You can check it out. Thank you to the book friend "Ji Meng Cheng Kong" for his hard work.)
On November 11, a grand celebration was held in Hanking (Pretoria), and the South China Olympic delegation returned with great honors.

这次的奥运会是同样是一个长期奥运会，本届奥运会于7月13日正式开幕，但实际比赛已于4月27日开始，直至10月31日才宣告结束。

It lasted for more than six months in total, which was the longest time in the history of the Olympic Games.

There are 23 countries participating in this Olympic Games, with 2234 athletes, including 66 female athletes.

Although the Olympic Games events had been streamlined in the 1906 Special Olympics, in order to cooperate with the France-Britain World's Fair and attract more participating countries and audiences, the UK increased the number of events to 22 and 109 events.

The newly added items are ancient court tennis, jet skiing, racquetball, hockey, etc. In addition, figure skating is also included for the first time.

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At this Olympics, the British committed an old habit of arrogance. They regarded South China, the United States and New Zealand as their territories. When the flags of all participating countries were raised over the venue, only South China, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand flag.

This caused Kelly's dissatisfaction, and she expressed strong protest.

Team leaders from the United States, New Zealand and other countries approached Kelly, hoping that Kelly could represent the former British colonies and dominions.

So Kelly directly went to the media reporters to tell them that the teams from South China and other countries would not attend the official opening ceremony of the Olympic Games because of the discriminatory behavior of the British Olympic Organizing Committee.

At the same time, Kelly also called the British Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman Grenfell to inform him that Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson and other companies will stop sponsoring the Olympics because of the organizing committee's poorly thought out activities.

The British Lord paid no attention to this threat.

After Sir Coubertin learned the news, he immediately found Kelly and helped to put in a good word for the officials of the British Olympic Organizing Committee.

Kelly only said that if the British side still insists on the wrong behavior of discriminating against participating countries, then the South China delegation will directly withdraw from the Olympics.

The South China delegation will refuse to participate in any future Olympic Games and will also use its influence to hold its own games.

This combination of punches directly blinded Coubertin.

The Olympic Games have been successfully held for three times. Nanhua did not participate in the second Olympic Games due to the war, but the sponsorship fees from the three major companies have never stopped.

If this big benefactor disappears, the Olympic Committee will be in dire straits in the future.

Moreover, Nanhua's sports strength has always attracted worldwide attention. Two of the first three editions were world sports hegemons.

Even the powerful American team had to admit that the South China delegation was far stronger than most countries in the world in terms of sports competition and was a formidable opponent.

If Nanhua no longer participates in the Olympics, the Olympics will become a joke.

So Coubertin approached Chairman Grenfell and asked him to correct his mistakes as soon as possible. He bluntly said: Sports should not be linked to politics.

If Grenfell does not change the rules, he will join other Olympic committee officials to remove him as chairman.

Grenfell had no choice but to raise the flags of South China, the United States and other countries.

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On the opening day of the London Olympics, the weather was not good, it was foggy and it rained non-stop.

The king, queen and IOC officials will all attend the opening ceremony of the conference.

At the opening ceremony of the conference, the British initiated an entrance ceremony for each team to dress uniformly and circle the field under the guidance of the national flag, and required each team to tilt the national flag to salute the King of England when passing the rostrum.

The Americans were used to being unruly and did not listen to the arrangements of the organizing committee. When their flag bearers passed the rostrum, they held the flag high as if no one else was there and did not pay tribute to the British King at all.

Edward VII's face was livid with anger, and this move triggered a riot among the British in the stands.

The South China delegation, following the example of the Americans, ignored the King of England at all and instead paid tribute to Kelly who was in the corner of the auditorium.

Now the King of England's face became even more ugly, and the commotion in the venue became louder.

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Problems arose in other countries during the entrance ceremony.

The Russians forced players from Finland, which was not yet independent, to compete under the flag of Tsarist Russia, but the Finns were unwilling.

The result of the dispute between the two sides was that the Finns gave up using their own flag and followed the Russian team a hundred meters away, like a group of stragglers, to express their dissatisfaction and protest.

The British Olympic Organizing Committee was unable to resolve these disputes. Because there are also conflicts between British and Irish players, Irish players who are not yet fully independent are forced to compete on behalf of the United Kingdom.

After the red-haired Irishman saw the Finn's behavior, he continued to follow the same example and followed the Englishman in an unsightly manner.

At this time, the British people in the stands could no longer hold on. They loudly cursed the Americans and South Chinese, and even vented their anger on the Irish people in sight. The commotion in the stands finally turned into a riot.

The riot in the stands grew and soon became uncontrollable.

The King and Queen of England and the officials of the Olympic Committee fled in panic, but Kelly was always surrounded by security personnel, so she was the calmest.

After the security guards subdued more than a dozen thugs who attempted to attack Kelly, the security guards had to take out prepared flash bombs and smoke grenades to stop the thugs from pursuing.

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The London Olympic Organizing Committee had to urgently mobilize police forces from outside London to suppress the British who initiated the riots and rescue the trapped spectators.

By the time the riots at the London Stadium were suppressed, it was already the next day.

The Times published a long report on how the stadium riot turned into a riot, and in the report accused the London Olympic Organizing Committee of poor consideration, lax security measures, and inability to suppress the riot, which led to the escalation of the riot.

The president of the Olympic Committee was forced to apologize to Britain and other dignitaries who came to watch the ceremony.

The German and French media also took the opportunity to report the British scandal. The report clearly pointed out that it was the arrogance and stupidity of the British that led to the scandal.

European countries also forwarded reports from Germany and France one after another, and Britain's international image once again suffered a heavy blow.

Prisons in London and surrounding towns were overcrowded, and riots triggered a depression in London.

The Mayor of London, Glenn Bright, had to take responsibility for the riots and resigned.

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After the activities of the opening ceremony, the game must continue.

In order to restore the influence, the British took the lead in using the medal list in the media to highlight their national strength.

So much so that the top spot in the medal table has always been occupied by Great Britain and South China.

In order to win, the British began to use crooked ideas in other aspects. For example, in the tug-of-war competition, players from other countries wore flat shoes, while the British alone wore shoes with steel plates on the soles of their feet.

This sparked a protest from the Americans, which the British referee simply ignored, causing the Americans to protest and abstain.

The British won the championship easily, but in the 400 meters, the British referee deliberately favored the only British athlete. Both South China and the Americans protested against the referee's behavior.

The British referee had his own way of doing things, but the South China team was not used to it and directly invited Kelly, who then went to find Coubertin under serious protest.

The London Olympic Organizing Committee could only temporarily replace the referee, and Nanhua won the championship.

The number of gold medals in the medal list between South China and Great Britain has been very tight. In the end, the number of medals in both countries reached 29.

The last event is a football match between South China and England competing for the final championship.

Kelly went directly to Coubertin and told him that in view of the British referee's biased behavior in other events, the South China team did not believe the British referee, and South China asked to change the referee, otherwise South China would abstain.

The British refused to agree, and in the end Nanhua abstained, allowing the British to win the championship easily.

Although Britain maintained its first place in the medal table, European countries ridiculed that the first place won by the British relying on referees was not glorious.

Although the Nanhua delegation came in second place, they performed tough.

Team leaders from various countries have asked the Olympic Committee to reform the rules to prevent future incidents of host country referees favoring their own athletes.

Sports competition should not be affected by an unfair competition environment. Sir Coubertin had to assure the team leaders from various countries that the Olympic Committee will definitely reform, and hopes that the team leaders from various countries will give the Olympic Committee time and patience.

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The delegations who returned with great honors and the winning athletes all received commendations, as well as media promotions, which continued intermittently until the end of the year.

Major events also occurred in the distant Qing Dynasty. The old witch Cixi, who had controlled the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century, finally died.

The Qing Dynasty has entered a new era, and its final destruction is not far away. (End of chapter)