About the Talk

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. The top practitioners in these sports include both Chinese athletes and a growing number of naturalized foreign athletes. I will provide some insights from sports anthropology on how these changes have occurred.

About the Speaker

Zheng Shaoxiong is an associate researcher at the Institute of Sociology, CASS and an associate professor at the School of Sociology and Ethnology, UCASS. He has long studied ethnic relations and ethnic theories in China. In recent years, he has also paid attention to the phenomenon of contemporary Chinese sports. He is currently a visiting scholar at EAS, UC Davis.