It ended after the 2013 tournament. Instead, the East Asian Youth Games had a plan to start in Taichung, Taiwan in 2019 but failed. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) plans to revive the East Asian Games, after the cancellation of the 2019 East Asian Youth Games due to the 2018 Taiwanese referendum, where one of the questions inquired whether Taiwan should participate in Olympics using the name, "Taiwan", instead of Chinese Taipei. The vote was eventually vetoed by the Taiwanese voters, but the game was officially cancelled regardless due to the Chinese government exerting political pressures over the Olympic Council.