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Informationen zum Autor Brian Bridges is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University! Hong Kong. Formerly Head of that Department (2007-10)! he specialises in the international politics and modern history of the Asian Pacific region! with a particular focus on the sport-politics nexus. His most recent book is The Two Koreas and the Politics of Global Sport (2012).Marcus P. Chu is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University! Hong Kong! where he has been teaching since 2012. He has published extensively on the politics of sport in China and is working on a book project exploring the history and politics of sporting mega-events in the greater China region. Zusammenfassung From historical and social science perspectives this volume provides a wide-ranging account of the challenges to and outcomes of sports development in Hong Kong and Macau after the two handovers. The chapters were originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Rethinking Sport in the Two SARs Brian Bridges and Marcus P. Chu 1. Post-Handover Hong Kong’s International Sporting Bids: A Win-Less-Lose-More Journey Marcus P. Chu 2. The Hong Kong Games in the Eyes of Local Sports and Recreation Students Glos Ho, Edmond Yik Ming Yiu, Michael Huen Sum Lam 3. Maintaining a Minority Sport: Cricket in Post-Colonial Hong Kong Brian Bridges 4. Emergence, Cessation and Resurgence during the Evolution of Rugby Union in Hong Kong Leigh Jones, Nicky Lewis 5. ‘Indigenous’ or ‘All Stars’: Discourses on ‘Team Hong Kong’ in a FIFA World Cup Tournament Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho, Andy Chiu 6. Reconnecting Colonial Imagination? Hong Kong People’s Attitude towards the London 2012 Olympics Glos Ho 7. From Integration with China to Engagement with the World: International Mega-sports Events in Post-Handover Macau Marcus P. Chu 8. Sports-Politics Puzzle in China’s Macau Eilo Wing-yat Yu, Leo Hou-ieong Lei 9. Two Tales of China's Sport Diplomacy: Post-Handover Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions Compared Vic Li Yu-wai ...
