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More than three decades ago, China was still in the embryonic stages of amateur sport, the first realm of endeavor for a country with something to prove. In 1979, Ye Jianying, Chairman of the National People’s Congress, took it upon himself to write "Springtime for Sports in China".
In the Foreword, the good Chairman recalls that “sports stagnated under the decadent social system of old China.” He goes on to note that party-mandated sports participation has rid China “once and for all of the derogatory nickname of ‘sick man of East Asia’ imposed by the imperialists.”
Presciently, he predicts that “with the rapid upswing of the national economy there are bound to be leaps forward in the field of sports.” The book looks at China’s big four: table tennis, diving, volleyball, and gymnastics.
But it also features great full colour and b/w photos from all the other sports including soccer, cycling, athletics and much more.
29 x 23 cms, softback, u.p.
1982
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