On July 30, 1932, the 10th Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles, USA. Northeastern University student Liu Changchun represented China at the conference as the only Chinese athlete, writing a historical chapter for China to officially participate in the Olympic Games. Introduction to Liu Changchun: Liu Changchun was born on October 25, 1909 in a poor farmer's family on Xiaoping Island, Dalian. He was very fond of sports when he was a child, and because when he was studying at Shahekou Central Primary School in Dalian, he often got into fights with Japanese pupils from ordinary Japanese primary schools, and was slapped by Japanese teachers and tripped up and down on the stone ground. This was deeply rooted in his young mind. Sowing the seeds of hatred, he made up his mind to play football and sprint as hard as he could, hoping to overwhelm the Japanese through sports. When he was 14 years old, in the "Guandongzhou" (referring to the area south of the line from Pulandian to Piziwo on the Liaodong Peninsula), he achieved a time of 11.8 seconds for 100 meters and 11.8 seconds for 400 meters in the Chinese and Japanese middle school and primary school track and field competitions inside and outside the continent. 59 seconds, far exceeding the level of middle school students at that time. After graduating from Dalian No. 2 Middle School, he worked as an apprentice at the Dalian Glass Products Factory. During this period, he practiced hard and further improved his 100-meter score. In 1927, at the spring sports meeting hosted by the Dalian Chinese Youth Association, his 100-meter time reached 11 seconds. In the same year, by chance, he was discovered by Sun Qingbo, a member of the Northeastern University football team who went to Dalian to participate in a competition. He was brought back to Shenyang by Zhang Xueming, the brother of General Zhang Xueliang, and was admitted as a preparatory student by Northeastern University. After the establishment of the Department of Physical Education, it was officially transferred to Northeastern University. Physical education student. In October 1929, General Zhang Xueliang invited top-level athletes from Germany and Japan to Shenyang for a track and field competition between China, Japan and Germany. The German track and field team that came to Shen to compete had won the runner-up in the 9th Olympic Games. The Japanese athletes participating were all national team members, with strong strength and strong competitiveness. The Chinese track and field team is based on Northeastern University. The game was held at Northeastern University Stadium. The result of the competition was that Liu Changchun, a student from Northeastern University, was only one inch behind the 100-meter time of the German sprinter Yanlu Ratbier, with a score of 10″8, ranking second, beating another German sprinter and the Japanese "sprinting geek" Yoshioka Takatoku and "Scud" Oka Kenjiro were all behind in the 200-meter race, and Liu Changchun won the second place with a score of 21″6. This sprint result was the best in the Far East at that time, and the Chinese became the king of sprints in the Far East for the first time. In recognition of Liu Changchun's outstanding achievements, President Zhang Xueliang presented him with a special award and a monthly special allowance of NT$30. President Zhang Xueliang also hired German track and field stars with high salaries to compete in Shenyang, including the world record holder in the 5,000-meter long-distance running. Served as the instructor for Liu Changchun and the Northeastern University track and field team, strengthening the training of the Northeastern University track and field team. Just as Liu Changchun's sprint performance improved rapidly and a bright future appeared before him, Japanese imperialism launched the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, and armed forces occupied the entire Northeast. In March 1932, the "Puppet Manchukuo" was established. Northeastern University was forced to flee to Peking, and Liu Changchun also returned to his home alone the day after the September 18th Incident. The aggressive acts of Japanese imperialism have been opposed by all countries and peoples in the world, including the Chinese people. In order to get rid of its international isolation, Japan actually took Liu Changchun's idea and directed a so-called farce of Liu Changchun "representing Manchukuo in the Olympics." Various despicable methods were used to force Liu Changchun to submit. One of the methods was to monitor and track Liu Changchun's whereabouts. The day after Liu Changchun returned to his home in Dalian, he was summoned for questioning by the local Japanese police to inquire about his next plan and whereabouts. In order to avoid being entangled by the spies, Liu Changchun went to Dalian the next day. Take a boat to Peiping via Tianjin; the second method is to use "high-ranking officials and good salaries" to lure. In February and March 1932, Japan sent people to the Liu family twice. The first time asked the Liu family to write a letter asking Liu Changchun to return to Dalian. , said: "As long as he returns to Dalian, Manchukuo will give him the largest official position in the education and sports departments." For the second time, he made it clear that Liu Changchun would represent "Manchukuo" in the Olympics. The enemy's wishful thinking ended in failure; the third method was to create a fait accompli first and force Liu to submit. The newspapers of the Puppet Manchukuo State, following the instructions of their masters, published news that Liu Changchun and others would attend the 10th Olympic Games on behalf of "Manchukuo". The Japanese imperialists also reported to the Olympic Committee that Liu Changchun and others would attend the 10th Olympic Games on behalf of the Manchukuo puppet government. Regarding the list for the Olympic Games, the Olympic Committee ignored the facts and sent a reply to recognize the proposal of "Manchukuo" and requested that the "Manchukuo" flag and national anthem be submitted quickly for use at that time. When Liu Changchun learned from the newspaper that "Liu Changchun and Yu Xiweijun will represent Manchukuo in the International Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles, USA" in July, he was extremely angry and immediately issued a statement in "Ta Kung Pao": " "My conscience is still there and my blood is still flowing. How can I forget my motherland and work for the puppet country?" It gave Japanese imperialism a head-on blow and exposed its reactionary conspiracy to the world. From its inception to 1931, the Olympic Games had been held nine times. Although the Chinese government has been in contact with the Olympic Games since 1924 and sent Song Ruhai to visit the ninth Olympic Games in 1928, it has never officially participated. As the 10th Olympic Games was about to be held, many insightful people in China proposed that China should send representatives to participate in order to expose Japan's conspiracy.

The Nanjing government of the Kuomintang was afraid of offending the Japanese, so it declared that it would not send representatives to participate on the pretext of lack of funds, and only sent Shen Siliang, the director-general of the Sports Association, to the United States as an observer. Someone mentioned this matter to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was furious and yelled: "Mother Xipi, the Communist Party is shouting about revolution every day, and the more revolutionary it is, the more violent it is. It is almost going to kill me. You idiots People with blind eyes come to me for this kind of trouble, I don’t care whether it’s the Olympics or not.” Many people were so frightened that they never dared to mention it again. After General Zhang Xueliang heard the news, he said angrily: "Everything must be done on its own merits. It is a good thing to go abroad to participate in competitions. How can it not be done because the commander-in-chief does not support it?" "The government does not support me." "Support" and said: "I will pay for this." President Zhang Xueliang funded Liu Changchun's travel expenses with 8,000 yuan, invited Liu Changchun to his official residence, and encouraged Liu Changchun, saying: "Today our hometown is occupied by Japanese invaders, and we are facing a national crisis, and we need you even more." Such ambitious young people will go to the Olympics to win glory for the country. "I believe that people all over the country also hope that you can achieve good results in the competition and grow the ambition of the Chinese people." On July 1, 1932, at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Physical Education of Northeastern University, President Zhang Xueliang personally announced that Northeastern University student Liu Changchun (athlete) and Northeastern University physical education professor Song Junfu (coach and translator) would be sent to represent China in the 10th Olympic Games. At this time, there was only one month before the opening of the Olympic Games, and the registration deadline for the conference was even shorter. In order to register Liu Changchun in time, Mr. Zhang Boling, president of Nankai University, director of the Northeastern University Board of Trustees, and director of the National Sports Association, sent an urgent telegram to the Olympic Games, and finally registered Liu Changchun's name. With everyone's concerted efforts, we quickly made all preparations and everything was ready, just waiting to set off. At ten o'clock in the morning on July 8, 1932, Liu Changchun set off from Shanghai on the President Wilson to the United States to participate in the Olympic Games with the trust of the people. After a full 25 days of long sea voyage, we arrived in Los Angeles at 4 pm on July 29. Those who came to greet him at the pier were representatives who had arrived in the United States early to visit the Olympic Games, Shen Siliang, director-general of the China National Sports Association (Shen Siliang was the president of St. John's University in Shanghai and a member of the Olympic Committee at the time), Liu Xuesong, a Chinese student studying in the United States, and First in the United States were former Northeastern University physical education professor Shen Guoquan and his wife, as well as hundreds of overseas Chinese representatives. The day after Liu Changchun arrived in Los Angeles, July 30, the 10th Olympic Games officially opened. At the grand opening ceremony, the Chinese team entered the venue in eighth place. The team was temporarily put together. Liu Changchun held the national flag, followed by General Representative Shen Siliang, followed by a team of four people namely Song Junfu, Liu Xuesong, Shen Guoquan and Tuoping (American, Shanghai Xiqing Sports Director). The opening ceremony lasted for two hours and ended at 4:30 pm. On July 31, the sports competition officially began. Liu Changchun participated in the 100-meter preliminaries that day and was placed in the second group. There were 6 athletes participating and the top three were chosen. As for the results of the competition, Liu Changchun wrote in his diary: The first place was Xingbusen, with a margin of 4 yards, and a time of 10.9 seconds. Yu ranked fifth, at about 11 seconds. At least the first fifty or sixty meters were ahead, and after about 80 meters, they were overtaken by the latecomers. This was due to a month of graduation exams, fatigue from sailing, and lack of practice. On August 21, Liu Changchun set off to return to China and arrived in Shanghai on September 16. Although Liu Changchun did not place in the 10th Olympic Games, the people will never forget his spirit of not being afraid of difficulties on the sports field, having the courage to fight, and winning glory for the country.

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