The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communists and Champions

by Fan Hong and Lu Zhouxiang

Book Overview

This book analyses the relationships between sport, diplomacy and politics in China. It examines how sport has become a vehicle for Chinese national revival and international recognition. It explores the complexity of sport in modern China and discusses how power is achieved through political exploitation of Chinese athletes' bodies.

This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041564495X
• ISBN13: 9780415644952
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 9.8"