{"id":44618,"date":"2026-10-06T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=44618"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:10:46","slug":"the-asian-games-2026-sport-prestige-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/the-asian-games-2026-sport-prestige-and-power\/","title":{"rendered":"The Asian Games 2026: Sport, Prestige and Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44618\" class=\"elementor elementor-44618\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4569878e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4569878e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dcdfa28\" data-id=\"3dcdfa28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701e51d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"701e51d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo: Medals of 2026 Asian Games. Source: 20th Asian Games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aichi-nagoya2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AG_medal_front.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aichi-Nagoya 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b95c72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78b95c72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-78b95c72{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8996c54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8996c54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a923a28\" data-id=\"2a923a28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-359222ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"359222ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-34d2802e\" data-id=\"34d2802e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b09f45a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b09f45a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What is happening?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The 2026 Asian Games in Japan <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/16896248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>wrapped<\/strong><\/a><strong> up October 4<\/strong>, concluding a 16-day tournament that took place in Aichi-Nagoya and brought together more than<strong> 17,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries<\/strong> and regions. In terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/2026-asian-games-facts-figures-2026-09-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participation<\/a>, this made the event even bigger than the 2024 Paris Olympics. Alongside familiar Olympic disciplines, spectators could also enjoy traditional Asian sports, including sepak takraw, kabaddi and wushu.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the sporting competition, however, the Games took place against a backdrop of <strong>diplomatic and geopolitical tensions<\/strong>. This article looks at several of these episodes, with focus on a narrow selection of East Asian delegations.<\/p><h2>What is the broader picture?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First held in New Delhi in 1951, the Asian Games are an important sporting event across the continent. Their stated purpose extends beyond competition, with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) presenting the <strong>Games as a means of promoting friendship, solidarity and peace among Asian nations<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Japan, which has participated in the event from its inception, the Games became a major platform for re-establishing a place in the international community in the post-WWII era. Tokyo subsequently hosted the Asian Games in 1958, followed by the 1964 Olympics, which projected a new Japanese identity as a modern, peaceful and technologically advanced country. Hosting the Asian Games for a third time therefore carries a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aichi-nagoya2026.org\/overview-of-the-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">significance<\/a> that goes beyond sport, as Japan once more positions itself at the center of a major pan-Asian gathering.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless, while sport is often presented as apolitical, the Games\u2019 claim to political neutrality is difficult to sustain. <strong>Hong Kong and Macau compete as separate delegations<\/strong> from China, but their participation is ultimately subject to Beijing\u2019s approval. Meanwhile, the case of <strong>Taiwan<\/strong> makes the instrumentalization of the Games even more apparent as the self-governing democracy was <strong>forced to compete under the name \u201cChinese Taipei\u201d<\/strong>. Rather than representing a satisfactory compromise, as is often argued, this situation reflects the stifling diplomatic <strong>pressure applied by Beijing<\/strong>, which aims to systematically <strong>undermine Taiwan\u2019s de facto independence<\/strong> on an international stage. Compounding this tension, Taiwan&#8217;s Sports Minister Lee Yang (\u674e\u6d0b) was initially <a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/sports\/202609180014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prevented<\/a> from attending a pre-Games welcome ceremony at which national flags \u2013 or, in Taiwan\u2019s case, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Flag \u2013 were raised. The debacle, which apparently stemmed from an OCA order to exclude the Taiwanese official, delayed the ceremony for about an hour before Lee, a back-to-back Olympic badminton doubles champion in 2024 and 2020, was ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/sports\/2026\/09\/20\/more-sports\/asian-games-politics-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allowed<\/a> to participate.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geopolitically, the event allows powerful nations to suppress rivals diplomatically while simultaneously leveraging the stage to projecting their own national strength. This is particularly evident in the case of the <strong>People\u2019s Republic of China<\/strong> (PRC), which <strong>dominated the medal table<\/strong>, winning 169 of the 469 gold medals available. Typically, Chinese <a href=\"http:\/\/english.anhuinews.com\/newscenter\/headline\/202609\/t20260920_9598803.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state media<\/a> explicitly <strong>link this tally with the narrative of \u201cChina\u2019s rise,\u201d<\/strong> framing the country\u2019s sporting success as a reflection of its wider emergence on the international stage in accordance with PRC talking points. Victories are <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20261001\/d960b02fe23e4c99846c95d50b681c01\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">framed<\/a> in national terms, with athletes viewing their gold medals as the ultimate means of bringing China glory.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another country touting its achievements at the Games will be <strong>North Korea<\/strong>, which brought home new world records and seven gold medals in weightlifting. For Pyongyang, the Asian Games provide a <strong>rare international stage<\/strong> on which its athletes can fly the national flag and generate prestige for the country \u2013 accomplishment that can subsequently be <strong>presented to a domestic audience as evidence of <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/27690148.2026.2686622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>national success<\/strong><\/a>. International sport remains one of North Korea\u2019s relatively few windows for maintaining contact with the outside world, and its presence in Japan is especially significant as Tokyo made a strict, one-off sports <a href=\"https:\/\/global.eai.or.kr\/en\/reports\/990584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exception<\/a> to its entry ban on North Korean nationals. The restriction was imposed in 2016, based on Pyongyang\u2019s ongoing nuclear and ballistic-missile programmes.<\/p><h2>Why does it matter?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International tournaments may present themselves as spaces where sport stands above politics, but in reality, these platforms are inevitably used to project political messages, national identity and power. Questions of sovereignty, recognition and diplomatic pressure extend even into ceremonies and team designations. At the same time, every medal becomes more than a sporting achievement: It can be turned into a display of national strength, prestige and soft power. In Asia, as much as anywhere else, the scoreboard is political, too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Medals of 2026 Asian Games. Source: 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026. Foto: \u00a0Medaile Asijsk\u00fdch her 2026. Zdroj: 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026. What is happening? The 2026 Asian Games in Japan wrapped up October 4, concluding a 16-day tournament that took place in Aichi-Nagoya and brought together more than 17,000 athletes and officials from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":44605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[500],"tags":[571],"class_list":["post-44618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-nadiya-yakubishyn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Asian Games 2026: Sport, Prestige and Power - European Values Center for Security Policy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/the-asian-games-2026-sport-prestige-and-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Asian Games 2026: Sport, Prestige and Power - European Values Center for Security Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photo: Medals of 2026 Asian Games. 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