Chinese state media declared the country the winner of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after adding the awards won by Hong Kong and Taiwan to their medals (the first is Chinese territory, the second is considered such in the PRC, but is actually an independent state).
A week after the end of the Games, images have surfaced on Weibo, the Chinese social media platform and Chinese Central Television, showing the team's changed medal count, Taiwan News reports.
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Chinese state media declared the country the winner of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after adding the awards won by Hong Kong and Taiwan to their medals (the first is Chinese territory, the second is considered such in the PRC, but is actually an independent state).
A week after the end of the Games, images have surfaced on Weibo, the Chinese social media platform and Chinese Central Television, showing the team's changed medal count, Taiwan News reports.