Preface: Geopolitical Games – Beijing 2008

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The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines Geopolitics as political relations between states as influenced by geography but also as a theory which regards the state as an organism with powers independent of and superior to those of its constituent groups or individuals. [4] Both meanings are secreted in the minatory comment by He Zhenliang, Chairman of the IOC Commission for the Culture of Olympic Education that the most significant outcome of the Beijing Games will be ‘the elevation of our Chinese people’s self-confidence and sense of pride’. [5] This assertion is not hard to understand. China’s ‘century of humiliation’ at the hands of first the West and then Japan remains a traumatic experience and arguably ‘has been a driving force . . . behind China’s exertions to press for global status in economics, in science and technology, in global politics and in sport.’ [6] Beijing 2008 is to assist the restoration of China’s national greatness through the erasing of the memory of a humbled, reduced and subordinate people and its replacement with a confident, risen and superordinate people: physical effort twisted into skeins of political action. Post 1949 this has been a designated task: ‘from the moment of the birth of the ‘‘New China’’’, sport has been . . . a means of internal and external projection illustrating the capacity of the system and people to more than hold their own with those of other nations. In short, sport has been the ‘stage’ on which the Chinese perform in pursuit of world recognition, respect and esteem.’ [7] New times have given new purpose to this performance as resources in recent decades have allowed stress to be placed on allusive winning ‘declamations’ in the global theatre of sport. Beijing 2008 will be the loudest. The International Journal of the History of Sport Vol. 25, No. 7, June 2008, 751 – 757
前言:2008北京地缘政治运动会
《牛津简明词典》将地缘政治定义为受地理影响的国家之间的政治关系,但也将其视为一种理论,认为国家是一个有机体,其权力独立于其组成团体或个人,并优于这些团体或个人。在国际奥委会奥林匹克文化教育委员会主席何振梁的警告性评论中,这两种含义都隐藏在北京奥运会最重要的成果将是“提升我们中国人民的自信和自豪感”。这个论断并不难理解。中国先是被西方、然后是被日本“羞辱了一个世纪”,这仍然是一段痛苦的经历,可以说是一种推动力量……中国努力在经济、科技、全球政治和体育领域争取全球地位的背后。“b[6]北京2008奥运会是为了帮助中国恢复国家的伟大,通过抹去一个卑微、堕落和从属的人民的记忆,取而代之的是一个自信、上升和优越的人民:体力劳动扭曲成政治行动的枷锁。”这是1949年后被指定的任务:“从‘新中国’诞生的那一刻起”,体育已经……一种内部和外部投射的手段,说明系统和人民的能力超过其他国家的能力。简而言之,体育一直是中国人追求世界认可、尊重和尊重的“舞台”。随着近几十年的资源,全球体育舞台上的隐晦获胜“宣言”被置于压力之下,新时代赋予了这种表演新的目的。2008年北京奥运会将是最热闹的一届。《国际体育史杂志》Vol. 25, No. 7, June 2008, 751 - 757
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