As China absorbs Hong Kong, why do both get Olympic teams?

From left, Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, of Hong Kong, Emma Mckeon, of Australia and Cate Campbell, of Australia pose with their medals after the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet polar against China's Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong during their mixed doubles semifinal matchat the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong holds up her silver medal from the women's 200-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

People react as they watch Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong swim in the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Friday, July 30, 2021. Haughey, born in Hong Kong four months after the 1997 handover, now has two silver medals from Tokyo, becoming the city’s first-ever multiple medalist. Hong Kong’s haul of treasure from Tokyo, with a gold also won in men’s fencing, outshines the one gold, one silver and one bronze that Hong Kong accumulated through all of its previous Olympic appearances since its 1952 debut at the Helsinki Games. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

China's Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong, left, celebrates a point during their mixed doubles semi-final match against Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong celebrates defeating Daniele Garozzo of Italy in the men's individual final Foil competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, of Hong Kong, reacts after winning the women's 100-meter freestyle semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong smiles after the women's 200-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

From left, silver medal Daniele Garozzo of Italy, gold medal Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong and bronze medal Alexander Choupenitch of the Czech Republic celebrate on the podium of the men's individual Foil final competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong holds the gold medal during the awarding ceremony of the men's individual Foil competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

China's Zheng Si Wei, left, and Huang Ya Qiong play against Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet during their mixed doubles semifinal matchat the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, of Hong Kong, reacts after winning the women's 100-meter freestyle semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

China's Zheng Si Wei, right, and Huang Ya Qiong celebrate after defeating Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet during their mixed doubles semifinal matchat the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

China's Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong, left, celebrates a point during their mixed doubles semi-final match against Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)