It is also played at international sporting events such as the World Baseball Classic and Olympic Games, where Taiwan officially participates under the name of Chinese Taipei.

The music composed by Huang Tzu was eventually chosen in 1936, but the Nationalist Government refused to adopt it as the national anthem.

In 1929, Liang Desuo published "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth", and some attribute the authorship of the National Flag Anthem to him due to the resemblance between that work and the current lyrics.

"[4] However, in the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China, the song was introduced as the "Anthem of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee" (中華臺北奧會會歌), with new lyrics written by Chang Pi-te (張彼德).

Pioneering work was full of hardships and (we should) commemorate those founders and martyrs, Maintaining (their achievements) is not easy (either) and (we should) never seek only for instant benefit.

With one heart and one soul, carrying (these virtues) from beginning to end, Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth.

[5] 為促進友誼，為世界和平，五洲青年，聚會奧運。 公平競賽，創造新紀錄，得勝勿驕，失敗亦毋餒。 努力向前，更快更遠，奧林匹克永光輝。 努力向前，更快更強，奧林匹克永光輝。 为促进友谊，为世界和平，五洲青年，聚会奥运。 公平竞赛，创造新纪录，得胜勿骄，失败亦毋馁。 努力向前，更快更远，奥林匹克永光辉。 努力向前，更快更强，奥林匹克永光辉。 ㄨㄟˊ ㄘㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ ， ㄨㄟˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ， ㄨˇ ㄓㄡ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ， ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄠˋ ㄩㄣˋ 。 ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄞˋ ， ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ ， ㄉㄜˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ， ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ ㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄋㄟˇ 。 ㄋㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ， ㄍㄥ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄥ ㄩㄢˇ ， ㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄧˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄩㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄟ 。 ㄋㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ， ㄍㄥ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄥ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ， ㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄆㄧˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄩㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄟ 。 Wèi cùjìn yǒuyì, wèi shìjiè hépíng, wǔzhōu qīngnián, jùhuì àoyùn.