Sports Development of Hong Kong and Macau

<p>China’s sports history and its contemporary role in the global sporting community have become well-known but the sporting history and development of China’s two Special Administrative Regions – Hong Kong and Macau – have not received the coverage they deserve either in their historical contexts or since the handovers of control to the People's Republic. By drawing on a multi-national group of scholars and practitioners this volume makes a unique contribution to the understanding of sports development in greater China. The essays in this anthology examine the evolution of key sports the hosting of sporting mega-events the nexus of sports and politics identity issues and the role of sporting diplomacy. The chapters provide not only an analysis of colonial legacies but also in-depth accounts of the challenges to and outcomes of sports development in Hong Kong after 1997 and Macau after 1999. </p><p>The chapters in this book were originally published in various special issues of <em>The International Journal of the History of Sport</em>.</p>