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<b>China Gold: China's Quest for Global Power and Olympic Glory introduces Western readers to China’s history, culture, and role in the global community. It takes the Beijing Olympics and Chinese sports as a platform, an easy way for people around the world to get to know the nation and its people as this crucial moment, when China steps boldly onto the world stage—not only in sports but in business, science, and technology.

The pages are packed with unique illustrations, many from Chinese archives. In addition to full coverage of Olympic sports and events, it includes the history of sports in China, information about traditional physical activities like tai chi and wushu, and the latest on extreme and new sports.

China Gold is not just about the Olympics—though it is the guide that viewers and those who go to Beijing and the other venues need. It is full of fascinating stories like that of a half-Chinese half-British boy who returns to China every summer to train as a swimmer and of the Olympic medalist Eric Liddell, featured in Chariots of Fire, who grew up in China and died in a Japanese prison camp there.

Chapters include:

China in the Olympic Games FAN Hong
Asian Games by HAI Ren
China’s National Games by Cao Shouhe and Luo Shimin
How China Rose to be a Sporting Giant by Bjoern Conrad
Preparing For the Olympics by Huan Xiong
Economic Impact by Joren-Carsten Gottwald
Green Olympics by Joren-Carsten Gottwald
Sports Media by Qiu Xiao Hai
Holding Up Half the Sky: Chinese Women in Sports by Huan Xiong
Chinese Traditional Sports Medicine by Ge Hong
Doping by Ying Cui
Is It a Sport? by Huan Xiong
Extreme Sports by Holly Thorpe
Basketball by Zhang Ling
Football/Soccer by Deng Chang You
Volleyball by Zhang Ling
Archery by Deng Chang You
Athletics by Chang Sheng
Badminton by
Diving by Fan Wei & Lu Zhouxiang
Gymnastics by Zhang Ling
Swimming by Fan Wei & Lu Zhouxiang
Table Tennis by Deng Chang You
Martial Arts by Deng Chang You
Water Polo by Fan Wei by Lu Zhouxiang