Lu, Zhouxiang
(2012)
Sport, militarism and diplomacy: training bodies
for China (1960–1966).
International Journal of the History of Sport, 29 (1).
pp. 30-52.
ISSN 0952-3367
Abstract
After the Great Leap Forward, the Chinese government changed its strategy
from ‘Go all out, aim high and achieve greater, faster, better and more economic
results’ to ‘Readjustment, consolidation, filling out and raising standards’. The Chinese Sport Ministry, in term, also changed its
strategy of a mass sports campaign and moved towards using limited resources to
raise the standards of competitive sport and to produce world class athletes. Also
in this period, China faced the Sino-India border conflict, the Sino-Soviet split and
the Vietnam War all of which influenced China’s domestic and foreign policies and
which, in turn, had profound impact on Chinese sports policy and practice. Sport
had never before been so close to militarism. Some major sports events such as the
Fourth Asian Games in 1962, the Games of the Newly Emerging Forces
(GANEFO) in 1964 and the Second National Games in 1965, took place in this
period and added more complexity to Chinese politics and diplomacy.
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