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(23 May 1995) English/Nat
The South Korean city of Pusan was chosen Tuesday to stage the 2002 Asian Games.
But rival bidder Taiwan called the decision unfair, claiming there were last-minute cha
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nges to voting procedures.
South Korean delegates reacted with delight as the decision was announced.
The Olympic Council of Asia voted overwhelmingly - by a show of hands - in favour of the South Korean port city of Pusan.
The city that lost out was Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
Taiwanese delegates expressed anger at the vote, saying there'd been a last-minute change in voting procedures.
They claimed that the original plan had been for the decision to be made by secret ballot - but that the Olympic Council, under pressure from China, had moved to a show of hands instead.
The Taiwanese said member nations of the Olympic Council didn't want China to know which way they'd voted.
But Olympic Council officials deny bowing to pressure from Beijing.
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