Panoramic China: China's Sports-Honors & dreams

Hu Baomin
ISBN: 978-7-119-05390-5
Foreign Languages Press
176 pag. paperback 17 x 24 cm 2008

China won its first Olympic gold medal at the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, which ushered in a new era in Chinese Olympic history. Since then, Chinese athletes have broken and improved world records one after the other, and gradually established China's image as a major sports power. At the same time, the Chinese traditional folk sports have also been protected and developed. The national fitness campaign started in 1995 sparked a new nationwide upsurge of enthusiasm about participating in sports activities.
The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008, and the Olympic flame will be burned in this ancient but energetic country. All the people of China are working together diligently so that China can hold a grand gathering for the people of the world in order to share