Professional Wushu Athletes: Potential Athletic/Personal Dissonance

The success of Chinese professional athletes is attributable to the government-run elite sport system; it is seen as one of the most effective and successful systems at nurturing high-skilled athletes. However, within the Chinese professional sport system, tensions between athletes\u27 athletic skills and overall personal development have been widely documented. Among all studies, very few have employed in-depth interviews with professional wushu athletes. In this study, the researcher utilized in-depth semi-structured interviews with professional wushu athletes from three of the 25 professional wushu teams in mainland China. The study was conducted in order to understand the potential conflicts between athletes\u27 athletic skills development and overall personal development. Findings revealed that athletes bear the training at great cost to their future potential as self-sufficient members of Chinese society. Their academic, social, and vocational skills are subject to deep neglect that negatively impacts their post-competition careers. The system considers investment in preparation for the post-competitive lives of the athletes to be a distraction from, or even an impediment to, their success in competition. It is suggested that the Chinese sport system undertake a review and reformation of its approach to wushu training to provide athletes with the skills needed to successfully navigate a life outside of athletics

Sport, Maoism and the Beijing Olympics

The development of sports in China since the 19th nineteenth century has been influenced to varying degrees by imperialism, nationalism, Maoism, and postcolonial thinking. This paper explores these ideologies and political practices connected with sport during this time from three angles: Mao’s early thought thinking on regarding physical culture and sport; the development of sports under Mao’s socialism and the Cultural Revolution; and China’s breakthrough in the post-Mao era. In sum, sport remains connected over time with the idea of « imagined Olympians » and of a response to the « Sick Man complex. » TFinally, he advent of postcolonial thought has opened the possibility of more diverse understandings of sports in China

Sport, Maoism and the Beijing Olympics

The development of sports in China since the 19th nineteenth century has been influenced to varying degrees by imperialism, nationalism, Maoism, and postcolonial thinking. This paper explores these ideologies and political practices connected with sport during this time from three angles: Mao’s early thought thinking on regarding physical culture and sport; the development of sports under Mao’s socialism and the Cultural Revolution; and China’s breakthrough in the post-Mao era. In sum, sport remains connected over time with the idea of « imagined Olympians » and of a response to the « Sick Man complex. » TFinally, he advent of postcolonial thought has opened the possibility of more diverse understandings of sports in China

Urbanisation and the transformation of Chinese womens sport in post-Mao era

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Sport, imperialism and postcolonialism: a critical analysis of sport in China 1860-1993

Over the last three decades or more, there has been a considerable interest in the sociological analysis of sport. While a number of Western sociologists and cultural critics have attempted to locate the development of sport in various societies within an analysis of their own culture, very few have made sociological accounts of the development of sport in China. This study examines the significance of sport within the broader context of social and political change in China during the period from 1860 to 1990. Primarly this work is concerned with: (i) providing a theoretical analysis of imperialism and postcolonialism; (ii) treating the analysis of sport as a tool of cultural imperialism; (iii) highlighting the development of Western sports and physical culture in modern China and (iv) contributing to the analysis of sport in China through the notion of imperialism and postcolonialism. Nonetheless, the relative strength and weakness of this thesis may be its attempt to address the interrelated nature of all of these concerns

中国のオリンピック報道における身体ディスコースの変容 -「東亜病夫」と中国ナショナリズム-

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The Olympics in East Asia: Nationalism, Regionalism, and Globalism on the Center Stage of World Sports

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China's Soft Power Success in Esports

학위논문(석사) -- 서울대학교대학원 : 국제대학원 국제학과(국제협력전공), 2021.8. 문유정.By 2018, China had become an indisputable leader in the global esports scene. Yet its modern, international image as a game-changer sat diametrically opposite to a China, according to mainstream media, that was in pursuit of power and a dream of becoming a global leader. Moreover, China’s success in establishing soft power in the world of esports also contrasted to its tireless but futile efforts to refurbish its national brand. Hence, this paper asks, why and how did China achieve soft power success through esports? I fundamentally argue that the nonstop, cyclical interplay of the three dimensions—structure (measured by the network topology), culture (defined by the level of its diffusion or diffusibility), and society (based on its compatibility to structural and cultural changes)—in the two-decade-long development of China’s esports resulted in a greater vigor of China’s soft power.현재까지 논의된 소프트파워 연구는 문화자원에서 비롯된 소프트파워 전환 메커니즘을 지나치게 간소화한 이론적 모델에 의존하고 있다. 때문에, 실제 소프트파워 증강 과정을 이해하기 위해서는 구조적∙문화적∙사회적 변화를 중심으로 한 3차원 모델을 통한 분석이 필요하다. 본 논문은 이와 같은 3차원 모델을 기반으로 이스포츠를 통한 중국의 소프트 파워 부상에 대한 사례를 연구하고자 한다. 결과적으로, 중국의 이스포츠 발전이 이루어진 네트워크 구조의 특성과 문화적 전파에 따른 신∙구 문화의 공존과 융합, 그리고 시류에 알맞은 사회적 변화가 중국이 세계 이스포츠의 중심축으로 성장하는 토대가 되었다. 즉, 이러한 이스포츠 발전 배경 속에 중국은 21세기 문화적 자원을 통한 성공적인 소프트파워의 향상을 낳았다.I. Introduction 1 II. A Three-Dimensional Model of Soft Power 7 III. Literature Review 23 3.1 Discourse on China’s Soft Power 23 3.2 Discourse on China’s Esports 30 IV. Research Design 41 V. The Development of China’s Esports 45 5.1 Phase 1: Esports as a Game 45 5.2 Phase 2: Esports as a Sport 53 5.3 Phase 3: Esports as Media 74 5.4 Summary 95 VI. China’s Soft Power, Quantified 99 VII. Conclusion 106 References 110 Acknowledgements 129석