Politicisation of Sport in Modern China

<p>This book analyses the relationships between sport diplomacy and politics in China. It examines how sport has become a vehicle for Chinese national revival and international recognition. It explores the complexity of sport in modern China and discusses how power is achieved through political exploitation of Chinese athletes' bodies.</p> <p>This book was published as a special issue of the <em>International Journal of the History of Sport</em>.</p>