Liu Li is a lecturer in the College of Sports and Physical Education at Anhui Normal University, ChinaFan Hong is Professor of Asian Studies at Bangor University, UK

Provides a clear picture of the inextricable relationship between nationalism, national identity, and sport megaevents in China from 1910 to the 1980s [...] very absorbing.Chia-Ju Yen, National Taiwan Sport University

• Preface 1. Modern Chinese Nation, Nationalism, National Identity and Sport 2. The Origin and Development of the National Games in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, 1910-1948 3. Governance of Sport and the National Games in the PRC, 1949–1979 4. The National Games and China’s Olympic Strategy in the Post-1980s 5. The National Games and National Identity in China Appendix

Liu Li is a lecturer in the College of Sports and Physical Education at Anhui Normal University, ChinaFan Hong is Professor of Asian Studies at Bangor University, UK

Provides a clear picture of the inextricable relationship between nationalism, national identity, and sport megaevents in China from 1910 to the 1980s [...] very absorbing.Chia-Ju Yen, National Taiwan Sport University

• Preface 1. Modern Chinese Nation, Nationalism, National Identity and Sport 2. The Origin and Development of the National Games in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, 1910-1948 3. Governance of Sport and the National Games in the PRC, 1949–1979 4. The National Games and China’s Olympic Strategy in the Post-1980s 5. The National Games and National Identity in China Appendix