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A women's basketball exhibition tournament was also held alongside the Games, and was won by the Edmonton Grads, [4] a feat which they repeated in the next three Olympics. [5] However, this tournament and the three subsequent were organized parallel to the Olympics by the International Women's Sports Federation , so were technically not Olympic ...
In January 2019, Voice of China announced plans to launch a Chinese version of the Olympic Channel. [3] The channel later launched on 25 October 2021, prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics . Like its numerous localisations, the Chinese version of the Olympic Channel airs both live and classic sports events, along with original programming.
The coup occurred at a crucial moment in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War and allowed the pro-Japanese Fengtian clique to defeat the previously dominant Zhili clique. Followed by a brief period of liberalization under Huang Fu, this government was replaced on 23 November 1924, by a conservative, pro-Japanese government led by Duan Qirui. The ...
June 16 – Whampoa Military Academy is founded in China. September 15 – November 3 – Second Zhili–Fengtian War: conflict in the Republic of China's Warlord Era between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques for control of Beijing. [1] August–October - Canton Merchants' Corps Uprising
The prelude of the Second Zhili–Fengtian War was the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang War , which broke on 3 September 1924, and provided a direct excuse for the Fengtian clique to start the war. The next day, Zhang Zuolin held a conference at his residence. Every Fengtian army officer ranking brigade commander or higher was in attendance.
A radio announcer broadcasts live from the Colombes Stadium. The 1924 Olympics marked the first time play-by-plays from the games were announced on the radio. Over 1,000 journalists came to France ...
As China's Fengtiang province was on the verge of losing the Zhili–Fengtian War that Fengtian's leader Zhang Zuolin had started on September 15, Governor Zheng Shiqi of the Anhui province telegraphed China's President Cao Kun for aid. Cao Kun sent 250,000 troops to Manchuria to resist the Fengtian troops, although the additional aid failed to ...
In the summer of 1924, more than 600,000 spectators descended on Paris for the Olympic Games. The competitions were broadcast on the radio for the first time, allowing listeners around the world ...