Professor Fan Hong is the Head of the School of Asian Studies at University College Cork and an academic editor of The International Journal for the History of Sport.Dr Lu Zhouxiong is Lecturer of Contemporary Chinese Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures at the National University Ireland Maynooth.

"The authors have provided a benchmark in terms of analysing this important topic."Sean Huddleston, University of the West of Scotland"One of only a few English works offering a comprehensive review of the history and politics of sport in China."Dr. Marcus P. Chu, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

• 1. Representing the New China and the Sovietisation of Chinese sport (1949–1962) 2. Sport, militarism and diplomacy: training bodies for China (1960–1966) 3. Sport in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) 4. Sport and politics in the 1980s: the Olympic Strategy 5. China, the Asian Games and Asian politics (1974–2006) 6. From Barcelona to Athens (1992–2004): ‘Juguo Tizhi’ and China’s quest for global power and Olympic glory 7. The politics of doping and anti-doping in Chinese sport 8. Beijing’s two bids for the Olympics: the political games 9. The politicisation of the Beijing Olympics 10. China’s sports policy and politics in the post-Beijing Olympics era

Professor Fan Hong is the Head of the School of Asian Studies at University College Cork and an academic editor of The International Journal for the History of Sport.Dr Lu Zhouxiong is Lecturer of Contemporary Chinese Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures at the National University Ireland Maynooth.

"The authors have provided a benchmark in terms of analysing this important topic."Sean Huddleston, University of the West of Scotland"One of only a few English works offering a comprehensive review of the history and politics of sport in China."Dr. Marcus P. Chu, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

• 1. Representing the New China and the Sovietisation of Chinese sport (1949–1962) 2. Sport, militarism and diplomacy: training bodies for China (1960–1966) 3. Sport in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) 4. Sport and politics in the 1980s: the Olympic Strategy 5. China, the Asian Games and Asian politics (1974–2006) 6. From Barcelona to Athens (1992–2004): ‘Juguo Tizhi’ and China’s quest for global power and Olympic glory 7. The politics of doping and anti-doping in Chinese sport 8. Beijing’s two bids for the Olympics: the political games 9. The politicisation of the Beijing Olympics 10. China’s sports policy and politics in the post-Beijing Olympics era

Professor Fan Hong is the Head of the School of Asian Studies at University College Cork and an academic editor of The International Journal for the History of Sport.Dr Lu Zhouxiong is Lecturer of Contemporary Chinese Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures at the National University Ireland Maynooth.

"The authors have provided a benchmark in terms of analysing this important topic."Sean Huddleston, University of the West of Scotland"One of only a few English works offering a comprehensive review of the history and politics of sport in China."Dr. Marcus P. Chu, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

• 1. Representing the New China and the Sovietisation of Chinese sport (1949–1962) 2. Sport, militarism and diplomacy: training bodies for China (1960–1966) 3. Sport in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) 4. Sport and politics in the 1980s: the Olympic Strategy 5. China, the Asian Games and Asian politics (1974–2006) 6. From Barcelona to Athens (1992–2004): ‘Juguo Tizhi’ and China’s quest for global power and Olympic glory 7. The politics of doping and anti-doping in Chinese sport 8. Beijing’s two bids for the Olympics: the political games 9. The politicisation of the Beijing Olympics 10. China’s sports policy and politics in the post-Beijing Olympics era