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China now has its own ice hockey team to compete in the 2022 Olympics. However, it appeared eight months after China received the status of an Olympic organizer, thediplomat.com portal writes.
At the same time, the Kunlun Red Star hockey club was founded. At the same time, eleven Canadian players, nine Chinese, three Americans and one Russian entered the ice hockey team. The composition was approved on January 27.
According to media reports, China simply bought the team, as the country simply did not have time to create a national team from scratch. Moreover, according to the rules, the countries hosting the Olympics are automatically given a place in the hockey tournament.
At the same time, the Olympic Charter and the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation state that athletes competing for a country in the Olympic Games must be citizens of that country. In the PRC, however, citizenship laws do not recognize dual citizenship, and naturalization is possible if there is an immediate family with Chinese citizenship or permanent residence in China.
The media believes that the PRC could make an exception by allowing non-citizens to compete for China, but there is no official answer to this question from Beijing. The athletes themselves are also silent.
Source: Rosbalt
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