• Foreword by William C. Kirby
• Note on Romanization
• Introduction
1. Reimagining China through International Sports
2. Strengthening the Nation with Warlike Spirit
3. Modern Sports and Nationalism in China
4. The Two-China Question
5. The Sport of Ping-Pong Diplomacy
6. The Montreal Games: Politics Challenge the Olympic Ideal
7. China Awakens: The Post-Mao Era
8. Beijing 2008
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Selected Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Acknowledgments
• Illustration Credits
• Index

Xu Guoqi is the Wen Chao Chen Chair of History and East Asian Affairs, Kalamazoo College.

William C. Kirby is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of History at Harvard University.

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