Sporting Events in China as Economic Development, National Image, and Political Ambition (Politics and Development of Contemporary China) - Hardcover

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Chu, Marcus P.

 
9783030700157: Sporting Events in China as Economic Development, National Image, and Political Ambition (Politics and Development of Contemporary China)
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ISBN 10: 3030700151 ISBN 13: 9783030700157
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

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This book analyzes the motivations of the Chinese authorities to pursue the international sporting events. It investigates the 21 oft-underappreciated sporting events governed by FIFA, FINA, FIBA, IAAF, and other international organizations, and linking them with the calculus of the Chinese authorities to push forwards economic development, polish national image, and realize the supreme leaders’ political ambitions. The author therefore sheds important light on the intertwined nature of sport and politics in the Chinese state and reveals how pervasive the sporting events’ roles have been in China’s domestic politics and international relations. This book’s broad scope is expected to attract the subscriptions of the academics, think tanks, diplomats, government officials, and international sporting organizations.  

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Marcus P. Chu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

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This book analyzes the motivations of the Chinese authorities to pursue the international sporting events. It investigates the 21 oft-underappreciated sporting events governed by FIFA, FINA, FIBA, IAAF, and other international organizations, and linking them with the calculus of the Chinese authorities to push forwards economic development, polish national image, and realize the supreme leaders’ political ambitions. The author therefore sheds important light on the intertwined nature of sport and politics in the Chinese state and reveals how pervasive the sporting events’ roles have been in China’s domestic politics and international relations. This book’s broad scope is expected to attract the subscriptions of the academics, think tanks, diplomats, government officials, and international sporting organizations.


Marcus P. Chu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.  

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Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3030700151
ISBN 13 
9783030700157
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
173
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