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Dong Jinxia (Author)

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October 30, 2002 0714652350 978-0714652351 annotated edition
Drawing on Chinese sources hitherto unavailable in the West including official documents and interviews with top athletes, the author explores the rise of Chinese super sportswomen and their relationship with politics, culture and society before and during the Cultural Revolution and through China's transition to a market economy.

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national games, world junior championships, elite sports teams, provincial sports commission, provincial sports teams, successful sportswomen, sports reform, winning bonuses, sports expenditure, sports budget, sports revolution, sports investment, sports commissions, sporting exchanges, mass sport, provincial teams, medal count, provincial games, sporting community, table tennis championships, sports policy, sports specialists, modem sport, million yuan
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Cultural Revolution, Olympic Games, New China, National Sports Commission, Asian Games, Soviet Union, United States, Lang Ping, Great Leap Forward, Red Guard, Zhong Bingshu, Communist Party, Gao Min, International Swimming Federation, East German, Qian Hong, West Germany, Chairman Mao, Qiu Zhonghui, National Sports Bureau, Yuan Weimin, International Olympic Committee, Chinese Swimming Association, Liu Dong, Beijing Municipal Sports Commission
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