From integration with China to engagement with the world : international mega-sports events in post-handover Macau
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
The International Journal of the History of Sport
Publication Date
2016
Volume
33
Issue
11
First Page
1254
Last Page
1267
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
Macau, international mega-sports event, the 2005 East Asian Games, the 2006 Lusophone Games, the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
Abstract
Within a few years after its retrocession to China, Macau successively completed the celebrations of an East Asian Games, a Lusophone Games and an Asian Indoor Games. This article intends to understand the reason why the city chose to become a zealous host of sporting mega-events. Through scrutinizing journalist reports, official almanacs and academic works, the findings revealed that the East Asian Games enabled Macau to accept the norms of China and follow its trend, whereas the Lusophone Games and the Asian Indoor Games facilitated the city to respectively enhance its influence in the international Portuguese-speaking community and realize its goal of joining the International Olympic Committee. The zealousness thus was confirmed as a strategy with the aim of promoting both post-handover Macau’s integration with China and its engagement with the world.
DOI
10.1080/09523367.2016.1264390
Print ISSN
09523367
E-ISSN
17439035
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chu, M. P. (2016). From integration with China to engagement with the world: International mega-sports events in post-handover Macau. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 33(11), 1254-1267. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2016.1264390