All eyes are on Beijing. The Olympics are a creation of Western civilization, but now China has a chance to integrate the Olympic ideals into its perspective on global leadership and to influence an event that has unique meaning for many people around the world. The 2008 Olympic Games provide millions of people around the world—sports fans as well as those who simply love the pageantry and global camaraderie of the Games—a chance to learn about China and its people at a time when the nation is poised to rise to new prominence—not only in sports but in commerce, science, and technology.
China Gold: China’s Quest for Global Power and Olympic Glory introduces the athletes, the businesses, and the global leaders who have cooperated to bring about this historic event. Written by Chinese experts in close collaboration with U.S. and European sports writers, and enhanced by full-color photos and illustrations, China Gold covers not only Olympic sports and events, but traditional physical activities like tai chi and wushu, as well as extreme and new sports. Some chapters discuss the economic, technological, and environmental issues connected with staging the Olympics, while others present fascinating aspects of the history of sports in China, including women’s role in ancient sports and the ascension of elite female athletes.
Will China change the Olympics, or will the Olympics change China? Perhaps neither, to the extent that some people expect. But the ideals of the Olympics—of fellowship and good sportsmanship, of athletic prowess and determination, and of a global community united in working toward a common future—will undoubtedly inspire people inside and outside China in this year of China Gold .
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China Gold was edited by sports authors from three continents. The senior editdor, FAN Hong, is a professor and director of the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies at University College Cork in Ireland. She was born in Sichuan and trained as a swimmer in Beijing before pursuing an academic career in the U.K. Fan’s recent publications include Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: The Asian Games (2006). Duncan Mackay is an award-winning British sports journalist. He studied Chinese history and politics at university and has covered every Olympics since Barcelona 1992. He now writes for the Observer and is publisher and editor of InsidetheGames, a website devoted to the Olympic Games. He carried the Olympic torch in London in April 2008. Karen Christensen was coeditor of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport and senior editor of the International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. She is CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group and publisher of Guanxi: The China Letter.
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