Sport and Physical Education in China

No suitable book on this subject has ever been written. The articles are written by Chinese as well as Western scholars and give a clear and wide understanding of sport and PE in China from a historical and a contemporary perspective.

ROBIN is the middle child of five. He has three sisters and a brother. He is from a mixed heritage family. His father had a first nations mother and a west Indian father. His grandfather was the first black teacher in Toronto in 1923. His great, great grandfather was a slave from Gambia (Africa) and was smuggled up through the United States via the Underground Railway to Ontario in the 1800s. His mother is Irish heritage. He tries to write a poem and to meet a new person everyday when possible. Robin now resides in Victoria British Columbia and loves to return home to Toronto, Ontario where his roots and family are.

Prefatory statement. History: ancient, modern (to 1949), post-1949. Physical eduaction in school and college. Structure administration, organisation, finance. Sport for all (policies and programes). Elite sport. Sports science and medicine. Gender issues in Chinese sport. Sport and international relations. Coaching and professional training. Conclusions.