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1、581GlobalizationandChineseSportPolicy:TheCaseofEliteFootballinthePeople’sRepublicofChina*†Tien-ChinTanandAlanBairnerABSTRACTTheaimofthisarticleistoanalyseChina’sengagementinglobalsportthroughanexaminationofthecaseofelitefootball.Althoughmanystudiesexh
2、ibitaquiteproperconcernwiththeextenttowhichthedeepstructureofcultureisaffectedbysportsglobalization,theygenerallyfailtogivesignificantconsiderationtotheroleofthestate,becauseofexcessiveemphasisonotheraspectsofglobalizationsuchascommercia-lization,comm
3、odificationandculturalhomogenization.Weattempt,there-fore,torefocusontheroleofthestateandtoinvestigateitsrelationshipwithglobalsportbyadoptingthetheoreticalframeworkofHeldetal.(1999)asthemainanalyticaltoolforthisstudy.Bytakingstrategicapproachesinthee
4、conomicandcultural/ideologicalfields,theChinesegovernmenthasdemonstrated,tosomedegree,itscapacitytofindeffectivewaystomanageitsrelationshipwithglobalfootball.Thiswasdemonstratedparticularlybythesettingupofnewgovernmentalcommercialagencies,updatingspor
5、tandfootballregulations,andstrengtheningChinesecommunistideologicaleducation.Muchofthemostinfluentialexistingworkontherelationshipbetweenglobali-zationandsporthaseitherignoredor,atbest,failedtohighlighttheresistantrolethatcanbeplayedbyindividualnation
6、statesandbynationalsports-governingbodies.1TheemphasishastendedtobeonthespreadofWesternprac-ticesandvaluesandonthepossibilityofresistanceintheculturalandeconomicrealms.Thus,ManzenreiterandHornehaveprovidedavaluableserviceintermsofdemonstratinghowWeste
7、rnsport,especiallyfootball,hasimpactedonAsian*NationalTaiwanNormalUniversity.Email:tangtony60@yahoo.com.tw†LoughboroughUniversity.Email:a.e.s.bairner@lboro.ac.uk1JosephMaguire,GlobalSport:Identities,Societies,Civilizations(Cambridge:PolityPress,1999);
8、AlanBairner,Sport,Nationalism,andGlobalization:EuropeanandNorthAmericanPerspectives(Albany,NY:StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,2001);TobyMiller,GeoffreyALawrence,JimMcKayandDavidRowe,GlobalizationandSport.PlayingtheWorld(London:SagePublications,2