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Beijing 2008: Preparing for Glory - Chinese Challenge in the 'Chinese Century' (Hardcover)
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Beijing 2008: Preparing for Glory - Chinese Challenge in the 'Chinese Century' (Hardcover)
Series: Sport in the Global Society
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Beijing 2008: Preparing for Glory - Chinese Challenge in the
'Chinese Century' brings together international scholars with an
interest in sport and politics and sinologists with an interest in
China - past, present and future - to explore global reaction to
the Beijing Olympics - China's anticipated moment of glory on the
world stage. The Beijing Olympics was, first and foremost, a
political act of assertion. It was also a statement of national
intent, the culmination of ideological effort going back to 1949
and the outcome of political, social, cultural and economic change.
From the moment of the birth of the 'New China' sport has been
viewed as a means of internal and external projection illustrating
the capacity of the system and people to more than hold their own
with those of other nations. In short, sport has been the chosen
'stage' on which the Chinese perform in pursuit of world
recognition, respect and esteem. This assertion is not hard to
understand. China's 'century of humiliation' at the hands of first
the West and then Japan remains a traumatic experience. Beijing
2008 wass to assist the restoration of China's national
self-esteem. He Zhenliang, Chairman of the IOC Commission for the
Culture of Olympic Education, has remarked pointedly that the most
significant outcome of the Beijing Games will be the elevation of
the self-confidence and sense of pride of the Chinese people.
Beijing 2008 was an act of political self-renewal on the world
stage. This Collection demonstrates that sport is inseparable from
politics. This book was previously published as a special issue of
the International Journal of the History of Sport.
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