The most prominent sports phenomena in China since the start of the new century include, but are not limited to, the dominance of women's professional tennis, the sudden rise of snow sports, and the continued downturn in men's football and basketball.

Co-sponsors: UC Davis East Asian Studies, Global Research Association of Politics in Hong Kong (GRAPH), UCLA Asian Pacific Center, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCI Center for Asian Studies, UCSD International Institute, UCSD 21st Century China Center, Pomona College Asia

Associate Professor of History, Albion College Center Associate, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan

Co-sponsors: UC Davis East Asian Studies, UCLA Asian Pacific Center, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCI Center for Asian Studies, UCSD International Institute, UCSD 21st Century China Center, Pomona College Asian Studies

Co-sponsors: UC Davis East Asian Studies, UCLA Asian Pacific Center, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCI Center for Asian Studies, UCSD International Institute, UCSD 21st Century China Center, Pomona College Asian Studies

Eddy U, Director, UC Davis East Asian Studies

Ching Kwan Lee (Professor, UCLA)