The Philippines is the organizer of the Far East Games. Since they are already on China's side, there is no need to continue the negotiations.

Although Japan has been threatening to withdraw from the competition, the Philippine Sports Association has issued a special statement:

The Far East Games have been decided to be held here next month, regardless of whether Japan participates in the competition or not. This will remain unchanged. The association heard that Japan was rejected because of Manchukuo and wanted to withdraw from the competition. This association dared to be angry. The Philippines has already spent money to raise the cost of the conference, so the conference will be held as usual regardless of whether Japanese athletes participate.

The Japanese plan to plan the puppet Manchukuo to participate in this Far East Games has gone bankrupt. At this time, a question is facing the Japanese, that is, whether Japan really wants to withdraw from the competition.

Within the Japanese Sports Association, there are different opinions on whether Japan really wants to withdraw from the competition. One side insists on embodying the spirit of "the Japanese and Manchuria is inseparable" and resolutely not to participate in this Far East Games. Such remarks are highly supported in the Japanese and puppet sports industry, such as the puppet Xinjing Sports Alliance, the puppet Manchukuo Sports Association, and the puppet Manchukuo International Competition Preparation Committee, all of which beg the Japanese Sports Association to withdraw from the Far East Games.

Basically, those who advocate that Japan withdraw from the competition are all political purposes, while those Japanese who really care about sports have expressed that they should insist on participating in the Far East Games. These include Miraki Hiramuma, vice president of the Japan Sports Association, Takashi Go, director of the director, and Japan's "father of judo" Kana Jigoro.

Of course, some of these people who support participating in the Far East Games have political purposes. They believe that if Japan withdraws from the competition this time, it will completely lose the possibility of participating in the Far East Games. Therefore, from the overall perspective, Japan should continue to participate. Only when Japan participates, the pseudo-Manchukuo will be able to participate in the competition in the future. Even if there is no chance in this session, you can wait for the next session to find opportunities.

In the end, Japan decided to select athletes to participate in this Far East Games.

...

The 10th Far East Games was held in Manila, Philippines. The competition started on May 12, 1934 and lasted for eight days. In addition to China, the Philippines, and Japan, the Dutch East India also participated in the competition.

The Dutch East India is now Indonesia.

Among them, the Chinese team sent 156 people, the Japanese team sent 162 people, the Philippines team as the organizer, sent 183 people, and the Dutch East India sent 27 people.

Because Japan planned the pseudo-Manchukuo competition, the government attached great importance to this Far East Games in order to swear sovereignty. This time, the Chinese team needed about 90,000 yuan to go to the Philippines Far East Games, and the government financed approved 45,000 yuan. Central officials also took the lead in pledging. Before leaving, 77,000 yuan had been raised, while overseas Chinese in the Philippines donated more than 10,000 yuan, so the funds for this competition were just enough.

The Chinese team set off from Shanghai on May 3, and after five days of voyage, they arrived in the Philippines on May 8.

The local overseas Chinese group held an extremely warm welcome ceremony. Tens of thousands of local overseas Chinese came to the dock and surrounded the entire dock to make it difficult to escape. The overseas Chinese group specially found more than 200 cars to welcome Chinese athletes.

In terms of accommodation, overseas Chinese groups have also arranged it. In order to allow athletes to eat well, overseas Chinese chefs who run local restaurants spontaneously organized them to cook meals for athletes.

That night, overseas Chinese businessmen held a banquet to welcome all members of the Chinese team.

Chen Qiang is the biggest star in the Chinese team. Of course, he was arranged to sit at the main table. There were only two athletes on this table, while the others were officials of the Chinese delegation and prominent figures among overseas Chinese businessmen.

With Chen Qiang's current status and fame, he is indeed qualified to sit on the main table. In addition to Chen Qiang, the other athlete who can sit on this table is Li Huitang.

Li Huitang is a football player from Hong Kong. He was called the "Asian King of Football" at that time. His career scored an astonishing 1,860 goals. In the future, an authoritative football magazine in the Federal Republic of Germany once organized a selection. As a result, Li Huitang, together with Brazilian King of Football Pele, German King of Football Beckenbauer, Argentina King of Football Stefano, and Hungarian King of Football Puskas, are called the "Five World Kings of Football" together.

Li Huitang became famous several years earlier than Chen Qiang. At that time, there was a saying in China: "You have to watch Mei Lanfang when watching the show, and you have to watch Li Huitang when watching the football." In the 1920s, Li Huitang was China's well-deserved "sports number one". Li Huitang also led the Chinese football team and won the Far East Games championship for four consecutive times. In the future, Li Huitang also became the vice chairman of FIFA.

At the last Far East Games held in Japan, Chen Qiang had already met Li Huitang, but at that time Li Huitang was already a big-name sports star, and Chen Qiang was still unknown. Li Huitang might not have a deep impression of Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang did not dare to disturb Li Huitang, the "Asian King of Football".

It's different now. Chen Qiang is named "the world's number one athlete", and his outstanding performance at the Los Angeles Olympics also made Li Huitang admire him. The two have no sense of generation gap in their identities, and they are more casual when sitting together to communicate.

"Chen Qiang, I really envy you. I am able to participate in the Olympics. I don't know when our Chinese football will have the opportunity to participate in the Olympics!" Li Huitang said with emotion.

"Maybe it's very soon, there are still two years left before the next Olympics. Then we will go to Berlin to participate in the Olympics!" Chen Qiang said confidently.

The reason why Chen Qiang is so confident is because he knows that the Chinese football team participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Although they lost to Britain in the first game and were eliminated, the Chinese football players still played the Chinese style, at least much better than the future "White Killer Chicken".

"I hope this is the case!" Li Huitang was not as confident as Chen Qiang. He sighed and continued: "My two biggest wishes in my life are to play in the Olympics and the other is to play in the World Cup. Alas... I am already thirty years old this year, and I don't know if these two wishes are still possible."

"Brother Li, do you think our Chinese team can get in the first place if they play in the Olympics or the World Cup?" Chen Qiang asked.

"The first few?" Li Huitang shook his head: "Our Asian football is still worse than that of European and American football. Although my Nanhua football team is invincible across the country, it is still much weaker than the strong European teams."

Chen Qiang nodded: "So that's the case. I always think our football is very strong."

Li Huitang continued: "Two years ago, several British national team football players came to visit Hong Kong. I had a fight with them. Their skills were better than most of the athletes in our Chinese team, which means that their overall level was better than us."

Chen Qiang nodded again. He felt that Li Huitang's evaluation should be considered more pertinent.

Li Huitang continued: "Sometimes I think, it would be great if there was no war in China. At that time, we can play the Olympics and the World Cup..."

"There will be a day." Chen Qiang looked at Li Huitang. He remembered Li Huitang's life and deeds and suddenly asked: "Brother Li, if one day a brand new China appears in front of you, this new China may still be very poor, but it will no longer be bullied by the great powers, there will be no warlords fighting, everyone will live and work in peace, and the country is willing to develop sports. Are you willing to contribute to such a new country?"

"Why do you ask this?" Li Huitang looked at Chen Qiang in surprise, and then he said, "Your question is quite strange. I am a Chinese. No matter what China is like, I am willing to give it! Isn't you the same?"

"Me?" Chen Qiang smiled, then nodded seriously: "You are right, we are Chinese, so no matter what China is like, you are willing to give it!"

...

On May 12, the 10th Far East Games opened.

After the opening ceremony, the four kingdom athletes showed their skills on the sports field and won honor for their motherland.

The overall strength of Chinese team players has declined compared with the previous Far East Sports. This is mainly caused by two reasons. One is the fall of the Northeast, which caused Northeast athletes to lose their original training environment; the second is that during the "October 28" Songhu War, most of the Shanghai City was damaged, and the training of Shanghai athletes was also affected.

Northeast and Shanghai were the places where athletes were more abundant in China at that time. The impact of athletes in these two places also led to a decline in the overall strength of the Chinese team compared with before.

However, in some events, the Chinese team still performed very well.

For example, in the swimming event, the women's swimming team composed of Yang Xiuqiong, Liu Guizhen, Liang Yongxian and Chen Huanqiong had extraordinary results and won five championships. Under the leadership of Li Huitang, the Chinese football team first defeated the Philippines 2-0, and then defeated the Dutch East India 2-0, and finally defeated the Japanese team 4-3, winning the championship.

In track and field events, the Chinese team was not satisfactory. Fortunately, Chen Qiang, the "real thigh", helped the Chinese team win back a lot of face.

At the Far East Games four years ago, Chen Qiang was still a fledgling and only participated in one 100-meter sprint event. At that time, his competition with Japanese player Ryudo Yoshioka was quite fierce.

Today, four years later, Chen Qiang is already the "king of the world's sprinting event", winning the world record of three sprinting events. The Japanese team's sprinting athletes can no longer pose a threat to Chen Qiang.

Therefore, the sprint competition has become a one-sided contest, and there is no suspense about Chen Qiang's victory.

In the long jump and triple jump events, although the Japanese team still has the world's top level, they still seem unable to do it when facing Chen Qiang.

The Japanese team's "long jump number" Tadaehiro Nanbu did not come to the Philippines to participate in the competition. It is said that because of his physical injury, he was recovering from his injuries in Japan and failed to participate in this Far East Games.

Without Nanbu Zhongping, other Japanese players are not Chen Qiang's opponents. In the two events of long jump and triple jump, they cannot stop Chen Qiang from winning the championship.

...

The Far East Games are in full swing, but the Japanese Sports Association has not given up its intention to let the pseudo-Manchukuo participate in the Far East Games.

The excuse for the Philippines to refuse the pseudo-Manchukuo to participate in the Far East Games was the third article of the meeting, that is, if new members want to join, all members must pass it. Therefore, Japan requested a meeting to be held to amend the Far East Games' competition charter.

Japan is very dissatisfied with the previous negotiations of Yamamoto Hirotachi. This time, Japan sent a man named Keitaro Abe as the representative of the Japanese side, the Chinese side was represented by Hao Gengsheng, the sports inspector of the Ministry of Education, and the Philippines sent a man named Alas.

On the first day of memory, Japan requested to correct Article 3 of the competition charter.

Article 3 of the Far East Games' Constitution stipulates that new members should be approved by all members. Japan requires that "all pass" be changed to "major majority agree". That is to say, as long as both Japan and the Philippines agree to the pseudo-Manchukuo joining the Far East Games, it is useless for China to oppose it.

Of course, China will not agree to such a request and refuse to modify this clause.

Japanese representative Keitaro Abe asked for the amendment of Article 3, but it was just a sky-high price. He was the drunkard's intention not to drink. Then he revealed his true intention, which was to amend Article 10 of the competition charter.

Article 10 of the Far Eastern Games is that non-member countries need to agree to participate in the Far Eastern Games. Japan hopes to change this article to, and the organizer can invite it to join the competition without the consent of other countries.

In other words, if non-member countries originally wanted to come, they would have to agree with China, Japan, and the Philippines. After the modification, as long as the organizer invites them, non-member countries can directly participate in the competition. That means that when Japan holds the Far East Games, it can directly invite the pseudo-Manchukuo to participate without China's consent.

...

At the negotiating table, Hao Gengsheng said with a serious expression: "We do not agree with the Japanese side's suggestion to amend Article 10 of the meeting's constitution."

Japanese representative Keitaro Adam said with striking remarks: "When China held the Far East Games, it invited British India to participate, which shows that China has violated Article 10 of the conference charter. Therefore, it is also based on our proposal to amend it!"

The invitation to British India was indeed not approved by all member states. This is considered a weakness of China. Now it is used by Japan as a weapon to attack China.

Hao Gengsheng had already thought of the reasons and said, "When China held the Far East Games, we did invite British India to participate, but no member states raised objections at that time, so we believe that allowing British India to participate was unanimously approved by all members."

Keitaro Abe curled his lips disdainfully: "Indeed, we Japan do not oppose British India's participation, but you China, as the organizer, did not ask us for our opinions! Our athletes arrived in China and found out that there were British Indian athletes participating. You Chinese people themselves did not abide by this chapter, so why should we Japan abide by it?"

Both sides started to fight each other with each other.

Philippine representative Alas still hoped that both sides would take a step back. In the end, the Philippines stated that it did not support the amendment of Article 3, but could amend Article 10. It was equivalent to calling for both China and Japan to cheer for each other, and no one wanted to offend.

Hao Gengsheng refused to give in: "Mr. Alas advocated maintaining Article 3, which is a fair and justification. We strongly agree with Article 10, but amending Article 10, so that non-member countries can be invited by the sponsoring country and join the competition without the consent of other countries. So what is the legislative spirit of Article 3? Wouldn't it become a waste of paper! China cannot agree with this opinion that violates the fundamental principles!"

Unfortunately, Alas stood on the Japanese side this time and expressed support for the revision of Article 10.

The amendment to Article 10 does not have any conflict of interest for the Philippines. At this time, the Philippines has no sovereignty disputes with other countries in the Far East. The Philippines hopes to complete the negotiations as soon as possible, so this time he stood on the Japanese side and put pressure on China.

The US Minister to China Nelson Jensen was far away in Shanghai and could not help China at this time, so it was almost a foregone conclusion that the amendment of Article 10 of the competition charter.

...

Japan Sports Association.

"Mr. President, Keitaro Abe has lived up to expectations. The Philippines has agreed to amend Article 10 of the competition charter. China is just stubborn. Under the joint pressure between us and the Philippines, the Chinese cannot hold on for long!" Kenjiro Nakano handed a telegram to Kiyichi Kishi.

Kishi Kishiki received the telegram but did not go to see it. Instead, he said, "Abe Keitaro did a good job, but it was a bit late. I have discussed with Lieutenant General Oshima and decided to disband the Far East Games and establish a new sports organization!"

"We want to establish a new sports organization? Why?" Kenjiro Nakano didn't expect the change to come so quickly.

Kiyoichi An continued: "Even if the Article 10 is successfully revised, it will not have much effect on the empire. Because the next Far East Games is held in China, do you think China will invite the Manchu Empire to participate in the competition? He definitely won't. So even if the Article 10 of the chapter is revised, the Manchu Empire wants to participate in the Far East Games, and it will take eight years later that we Japan will hold the Far East Games again. Only then can we use this rule of Article 10 to directly invite the Manchu Empire to participate in the Far East Games!"

Kishi Kishi stretched out eight fingers and then said, "Eight years, that's going to take until 1942. It's too long, and Japan can't wait that long! Perhaps by 1942, the entire China will become Japan's territory. What's the point of whether to invite Manchuria at that time? Instead of doing that, it's better to hold a new sports organization now and then directly invite the Manchuria Empire to join!"

...

On May 21, 1934, Japan disbanded the Far East Games without authorization and decided to recognize the new organization, named "Oriental Sports Association". The pseudo "Manchukuo" applied to join and was immediately officially recognized.

At this point, the Far East Sports Association announced its disintegration, and the 21-year Far East Sports Games ended!

...

After learning that the Far East Games were disbanded, Chen Qiang sighed.

"A weak country has no diplomacy!"

This law is also true in sports. If a country does not develop, it will inevitably be subject to other powerful countries in international affairs. Only by developing itself can we have the right to vote for our own opinions and better protect our national interests!
Chapter completed!