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> <p>Introduction: Rethinking Sport in the Two SARs</p><p>Brian Bridges and Marcus P. Chu </p><p>1. Post-Handover Hong Kong’s International Sporting Bids: A Win-Less-Lose-More Journey</p><p>Marcus P. Chu </p><p>2. The Hong Kong Games in the Eyes of Local Sports and Recreation Students</p><p>Glos Ho, Edmond Yik Ming Yiu, Michael Huen Sum Lam </p><p>3. Maintaining a Minority Sport: Cricket in Post-Colonial Hong Kong</p><p>Brian Bridges </p><p>4. Emergence, Cessation and Resurgence during the Evolution of Rugby Union in Hong Kong</p><p>Leigh Jones, Nicky Lewis </p><p>5. ‘Indigenous’ or ‘All Stars’: Discourses on ‘Team Hong Kong’ in a FIFA World Cup Tournament</p><p>Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho, Andy Chiu </p><p>6. Reconnecting Colonial Imagination? Hong Kong People’s Attitude towards the London 2012 Olympics</p><p>Glos Ho </p><p>7. From Integration with China to Engagement with the World: International Mega-sports Events in Post-Handover Macau</p><p>Marcus P. Chu </p><p>8. Sports-Politics Puzzle in China’s Macau</p><p>Eilo Wing-yat Yu, Leo Hou-ieong Lei</p><p>9. Two Tales of China's Sport Diplomacy: Post-Handover Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions Compared</p><p>Vic Li Yu-wai</p>