TY - JOUR
T1 - Provincial governments and China’s international mega-sports events : a case study of Guangdong
AU - CHU, Marcus P.
PY - 2016/3/16
Y1 - 2016/3/16
N2 - This article intends to understand factors that determine provincial governments’ attitudes in supporting China’s international mega sports events. Through examining the tasks completed by the Guangdong provincial government for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and the 2011 Shenzhen Summer World University Games, the findings confirmed that the political consideration of central leaders, the personal judgements of provincial authorities as well as the factional connection of municipal chiefs were all significant. The article concludes that to scrutinize all the powerful figures of the central, provincial and municipal governments is essential for future academic works with the aim of comprehending the attitude of the Chinese provincial governments towards any sport-related issues.
AB - This article intends to understand factors that determine provincial governments’ attitudes in supporting China’s international mega sports events. Through examining the tasks completed by the Guangdong provincial government for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and the 2011 Shenzhen Summer World University Games, the findings confirmed that the political consideration of central leaders, the personal judgements of provincial authorities as well as the factional connection of municipal chiefs were all significant. The article concludes that to scrutinize all the powerful figures of the central, provincial and municipal governments is essential for future academic works with the aim of comprehending the attitude of the Chinese provincial governments towards any sport-related issues.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962559902&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17430437.2016.1159197
DO - 10.1080/17430437.2016.1159197
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 1743-0437
VL - 19
SP - 1622
EP - 1634
JO - Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
JF - Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
IS - 10
ER -