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| name         = 5th Far Eastern Championship Games
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| host_city    = [[Shanghai]], China
| nations      = 3
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| opening      = 30 May 1921
| closing      = 3 June 1921
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| previous     = [[1919 Far Eastern Championship Games|1919]]
| next         = [[1923 Far Eastern Championship Games|1923]] 
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The '''1921 [[Far Eastern Championship Games]]''' was the fifth edition of the regional [[multi-sport event]], contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 30 May to 3 June in [[Shanghai]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]].  A total of eight sports were contested over the course of the five-day event. India, Malaya, Siam (Thailand), Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Java were all invited to participate at the games, but did not do so due to the expense of sending teams to Shanghai.<ref name=DB>Bell, Daniel (2003). ''Encyclopedia of International Games''. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. {{ISBN|0-7864-1026-4}}.</ref>

In the football competition, China was represented by [[South China AA]], a [[Hong Kong]]–based team.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fareastgames.html Far Eastern Games]. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.</ref>

Women were included in the games for the first time. Although no women competed in sports events, around 830 Shanghai schoolgirls did a mass [[calisthenics]] demonstration, which included the miming of actions from the sports involved on the main, men-only programme.<ref>Morris, Andrew D. (2004). ''Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bs1Qw7yv-DQC&dq=far+eastern+Championship+Games+women%27s+volleyball&pg=PA90 p. 89]. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0520240841}}.</ref>

The opening ceremony saw cheering of all participants by both Japanese visitors and the Chinese home crowd. The Japanese delegation contained athletes from [[Taiwan]] (the former Chinese island then [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|under Japanese rule]]), but there is no record of any Chinese reaction to this. The closing ceremony was marred by six anarchist protesters from [[Hunan]] disrupting the proceedings. The group distributed anti-capitalist material advocating the overthrow of the government and one fired a gun. The group were arrested at the scene.<ref>Morris, Andrew D. (2004). ''Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bs1Qw7yv-DQC&dq=far+eastern+Championship+Games+women%27s+volleyball&pg=PA90 pp. 96–97]. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0520240841}}.</ref>

==Participants==
* {{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|1912|name=Republic of China}}
* {{flag|Empire of Japan|1870|name=Japanese Empire}}
* {{Flagdeco|Philippines|1919|size=25px}} [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]

==Sports==
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*{{GamesSport|Athletics}}
*{{GamesSport|Baseball}}
*{{GamesSport|Basketball}}
*{{GamesSport|Diving}}
*{{GamesSport|Football}}
*{{GamesSport|Swimming}}
*{{GamesSport|Tennis}}
*{{GamesSport|Volleyball}}
}}

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