Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895–2008 by Guoqi Xu

Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895–2008

Guoqi Xu

392 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Among the questions Xu Guoqi brings to the fore are: Why did Mao Zedong choose competitive ping-pong to manipulate world politics? How did the two-China issue nearly kill the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games? And why do the 2008 Olympics present Beijin...

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