This book examines the relationships between sport, nationalism
and nation building in China. By exploring the last 150 years of
Chinese history, it offers unparalleled depth and breadth of
coverage and provides a clear grasp of Chinese sports nationalism
from both macro and micro perspectives. Beginning with a discussion
on the role of sport in the Qing Dynasty s Self-Strengthening
Movement (1861-1895), the book examines how sport contributed to
the shaping of the early forms of Chinese nationalism in the late
19th century. It identifies and defines the core functions of sport
in the Chinese Nationalist Revolution which successfully
transformed China from a culturally bound empire to a modern nation
state in 1911. The following section, on the Republic of China Era
(1912-1949), explores the interactions between sport and the
construction of Chinese nationalism and national consciousness,
illustrating how sport played its part in the building of the newly
established nation state. Moving on to the Communist China Era
(1949-present), the book scans the whole spectrum of both modern
and contemporary Chinese nationalism and interprets the most
important issues on the course of China s nation building,
explaining why sport is so tightly bound up with nationalism and
patriotism, and how sport became an essential part of
nationalists', politicians' and educationalists' strategy to revive
the Chinese nation.
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