The 1934

Far Eastern Championship Games The Far Eastern Championship Games (also known as the Far Eastern Championships, Far Eastern Games or Far East Games) was an Asian multi-sport event considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games. History In 1913, Elwood Brown, president of ...

was the tenth edition of the regional

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, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 16 to 20 May in

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, the Philippines. A total of eight sports were contested during the four-day competition. The

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(Indonesia) participated at the games, becoming only the second nation outside of the traditional three to send a delegation to the event (after India in 1930).Bell, Daniel (2003). ''Encyclopedia of International Games''. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. . The games were held at the then newly built sports complex, Rizal Memorial Field which was constructed on the former site of the Manila Carnival Grounds. Official women's events featured on the programme for the first time. Although some women's activities had been included since 1921, this marked the first occasion that women's sports were given parity with men's contest and were treated as part of the official medal count and points tables.Morris, Andrew D. (2004). ''Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China''
pp. 88, 160–163
University of California Press. . The swimming programme featured at least four different events for women. China won its ninth straight title in the football competition. This was the last

. Poor relations between China and Japan disrupted the working of the Far Eastern Athletic Association (the organising body for the games). Before the games, Japanese delegations repeatedly suggested to the Chinese that

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compete as an independent team at the forthcoming competition. This greatly angered the Chinese, given that Manchukuo had been operated as a puppet state following the

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in 1931. The 11th Far Eastern Championship Games was scheduled to be held in 1938 in

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, but was cancelled after the 1937 outbreak of the

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. Given the warring of two of its three member nations, the Far Eastern Athletic Association was rendered defunct. The holding of the first

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in 1934 demonstrated increasing desire for Asian-led international multi-sport events. Following the end of

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, the

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was created in 1951 and featured two of the former Far Eastern group – Japan and the Philippines. Initially an event between Western-aligned nations, it was not until the

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that China, Japan and the Philippines appeared together at the tournament, which came after a vote by the

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to exclude the

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(Taiwan) in favour of the

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.Tehran 1974
. Ocasia. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.

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