Following the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China retained control of only the island of Taiwan and a few other minor islands. After international recognition shifted to the People's Republic of China in the 1970s and under the People's Republic's One China policy, the only way the Republic of China could participate in international organizations was under a name acceptable to the People's Republic. The Republic of China boycotted the Olympics, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and both Games in 1980 after not being allowed to compete under the name "Republic of China". Chinese Taipei accepted the Nagoya Resolution in 1981 and first officially participated in the Olympics at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Chinese Taipei has sent delegations to every Winter Olympic Games since, making Vancouver their eighth appearance at a Winter Olympics under that name. For the second consecutive Winter Olympics, the Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single athlete, luger Ma Chih-hung. Ma was chosen as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.