Lu Zhouxiang
Biographic Data
| ID | 6556805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lu Zhouxiang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lu |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhouxiang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHOUXIANG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Ireland, Maynooth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6282-5329 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mao Zedong’s Thoughts on Sport and His Influence on China’s Sport Policy and Practice
This article first introduces Mao Zedong’s early experience with and understanding of sport in the 1910s and 1920s. It then explains how his thought on and instruction in sport and physical education has contributed to the Communist Revolution in the 1930s and 1940s, and in what ways Mao Zedong Thought was reflected and promoted in the field of sport in the PRC between 1949 and 1976. Mao’s sport ideas were based on his vision of a socialist utopi…
VR Sports Games
This article provides an overview of the history of VR sports games and offers insights into the interaction and integration between real-world sporting events and VR games. Additionally, it reveals the challenges associated with VR gaming technology and VR sports games. Overall, motion-control based VR sports games blur the lines between the virtual and real sport, providing new options for participating in sports, fitness activities and competi…
The Routledge Handbook of Nationalism in East and Southeast Asia
A Critical Analysis of China’s Marathon Industry
In the global wave of neoliberalism, different countries and regions have carried out different degrees of economic reform based on neoliberal thought. In this reform process, China has gradually developed a socialist market economy system through parallel market and government mechanisms. In the context of the rapid expansion of the sports market, marathon has grown into one of the largest single sports events in China. This study examines the d…
A History of Competitive Gaming
Competitive gaming, or esports – referring to competitive tournaments of video games among both casual gamers and professional players – began in the early 1970s with small competitions like the one held at Stanford University in October 1972, where some 20 researchers and students attended. By 2022, the estimated revenue of the global esports industry is in excess of $947 million, with over 200 million viewers worldwide. Regardless of views held…
Forging a Link between Competitive Gaming, Sport and the Olympics
Using historical narratives and a qualitative research approach, this article aims to understand how competitive gaming has established its relationship with sport and the Olympics in the past five decades, and further discusses the obstacles and challenges for esports’ Olympic inclusion. In the 1970s and 1980s, game manufacturers and publishers, consciously or unconsciously, forged a link between video games, competition and sport. Beginning in …
Chinese National Identity in the Age of Globalisation
The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia
"This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, development and contemporary significance of sport in Asia. It addresses a wide range of issues central to sport in the context of Asian culture, politics, economy and society. The book explores diverse topics including the history of traditional Asian sports; the rise of modern sports in Asia; the Olympic movement in Asia; mega sport events in Asia; sport governance and po…
A History of Shaolin
Shaolin Monastery at Mount Song is considered the epicentre of the Chan school of Buddhism. It is also well known for its martial arts tradition and has long been regarded as a special cultural heritage site and an important symbol of the Chinese nation. This book is the first scholarly work in English to comprehensively examine the full history of Shaolin Monastery from 496 to 2016. More importantly, it offers a clear grasp of the origins and de…
China’s Sports Heroes
Sport has been of great importance to the construction of Chinese national consciousness during the past century. This article examines how China’s sport celebrities have played their part in nation building and identity construction. It points out that Chinese athletes’ participation in international sporting events in the first half of the twentieth century demonstrated China’s motivation to stay engaged with the world, and therefore led to the…
Rethinking integration and identity
Using historical narratives and a qualitative research approach, this paper analyses the social, cultural and cognitive causes of differentiation and stratification among Chinese migrants in the Republic of Ireland. It discusses individuals’ diversified capabilities, attitudes and actual levels of integration, as well as their disparate patterns of self-identification. In the research area of Chinese migrants in Ireland, in-group diversity and it…
Sport and Politics
The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) was one of the most violent political movements to have taken place in modern Chinese history. Sport was not immune from this political storm. In the first phase of the revolution (1966–1972), the country’s sport system was brought down by the Red Guards and revolutionary rebels. Athletes, coaches and officials who dared to challenge the Maoists were arrested and tortured, and suffered greatly as a result of th…
From E-Heroin to E-Sports
The paper examines the development of competitive gaming in China in the past three decades. In the early years, gaming enthusiasts in China organized competitions on a voluntary basis. From the late 1990s, profit-driven gaming companies began to organize and sponsor video game competitions across the country. The past 15 years have seen the commercialization and professionalization of competitive gaming, and the development of the new concept of…
The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China
The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communist and Champions is the first book in English which examines in chronological order key issues in sport in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 2012 in the context of Chinese history, politics and society. It explores the complexity of Chinese sport including the sovietisation of Chinese sports policy and practice; the emergence of the ‘two Chinas’ issue; the Cold War, the Cultural Revolu…
Projecting the ‘Chineseness’
Wushu, also known as Kung Fu, is a traditional Chinese martial art. It also symbolises \nthe strength of the Chinese and their pride in their history. Wushu came to be associated \nwith Chinese nationalism after China’s various defeats at the hands of foreign \nimperialist powers at the turn of the twentieth century. This relationship has been \nfurther strengthened through martial arts films. In the first half of the twentieth century, \nmartial…
Sport and Nationalism in China
This book examines the relationships between sport, nationalism and nation building in China. By exploring the last 150 years of Chinese history, it offers unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage and provides a clear grasp of Chinese sports nationalism from both macro and micro perspectives. Beginning with a discussion on the role of sport in the Qing Dynasty’s Self-Strengthening Movement (1861-1895), the book examines how sport contributed to…
From Hongkew Recreation Ground to Bird's Nest
The rapid growth of western sports in China in the early twentieth century gave rise to \nmodern sports venues and facilities. During the past 100 years, an increasing number of \nlarge sports complexes were built around the country to facilitate the development of \nsport and serve the mission of modernisation. This article examines the origins and \ndevelopment of large sports venues in China in the context of history, politics and \nsociety. S…
The Professionalisation and Commercialisation of Football in China (1993–2013)
The professionalisation and commercialisation of football in China began in 1993, followed in 1994 by the launch of a league system that was modelled on the systems of Western countries. With the support of the market, football began to become self-sufficient and no longer reliant on government support. State-owned football clubs were replaced by an increasing number of privately owned and collectively owned clubs. Athletes started to play footba…
Representing the New China and the Sovietisation of Chinese sport (1949–1962)
Sport, Nationalism and the Building of the Modern Chinese Nation State (1912–49)
This article will examine the relationship between sport, Chinese nationalism and the building of the Republic. It will highlight the role of sport in constructing the modern Chinese nation state in a historical and political context. The Republic of China Era (1912–49) saw the transformation of the modern Chinese nation state from its infancy to maturity. Sport played an important part in this process of change, supporting and facilitating the r…
From Celestial Empire to Nation State
The history of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic clearly showed the close relationship between sport, nationalism and politics, and reflected the changes in Chinese society and Chinese people's view of their identity as well as their way of thinking. Sport had a great importance, not only for the construction of Chinese nationalism and national consciousness, but also for the eventual transformation of China from a celestial empire int…
Chinese State Sports Policy
This article provides an overview of Chinese sports policy and practice, the origin, the challenge and continuity, from the 1920s to the 2000s with particular emphasis on the post Beijing Olympics. It states that the development of Chinese sports policy has always been shaped by political, economic and educational requirements. Since the beginning of the reform and open-up in the late 1970s, elite sport received more support from the government w…
From E-Heroin to E-Sports
The paper examines the development of competitive gaming in China in the past three decades. In the early years, gaming enthusiasts in China organized competitions on a voluntary basis. From the late 1990s, profit-driven gaming companies began to organize and sponsor video game competitions across the country. The past 15 years have seen the commercialization and professionalization of competitive gaming, and the development of the new concept of…
China’s Sports Heroes
Sport has been of great importance to the construction of Chinese national consciousness during the past century. This article examines how China’s sport celebrities have played their part in nation building and identity construction. It points out that Chinese athletes’ participation in international sporting events in the first half of the twentieth century demonstrated China’s motivation to stay engaged with the world, and therefore led to the…
Projecting the ‘Chineseness’
Wushu, also known as Kung Fu, is a traditional Chinese martial art. It also symbolises \nthe strength of the Chinese and their pride in their history. Wushu came to be associated \nwith Chinese nationalism after China’s various defeats at the hands of foreign \nimperialist powers at the turn of the twentieth century. This relationship has been \nfurther strengthened through martial arts films. In the first half of the twentieth century, \nmartial…
The Professionalisation and Commercialisation of Football in China (1993–2013)
The professionalisation and commercialisation of football in China began in 1993, followed in 1994 by the launch of a league system that was modelled on the systems of Western countries. With the support of the market, football began to become self-sufficient and no longer reliant on government support. State-owned football clubs were replaced by an increasing number of privately owned and collectively owned clubs. Athletes started to play footba…
Sport, Nationalism and the Building of the Modern Chinese Nation State (1912–49)
This article will examine the relationship between sport, Chinese nationalism and the building of the Republic. It will highlight the role of sport in constructing the modern Chinese nation state in a historical and political context. The Republic of China Era (1912–49) saw the transformation of the modern Chinese nation state from its infancy to maturity. Sport played an important part in this process of change, supporting and facilitating the r…
From Celestial Empire to Nation State
The history of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic clearly showed the close relationship between sport, nationalism and politics, and reflected the changes in Chinese society and Chinese people's view of their identity as well as their way of thinking. Sport had a great importance, not only for the construction of Chinese nationalism and national consciousness, but also for the eventual transformation of China from a celestial empire int…
Representing the New China and the Sovietisation of Chinese sport (1949–1962)
Forging a Link between Competitive Gaming, Sport and the Olympics
Using historical narratives and a qualitative research approach, this article aims to understand how competitive gaming has established its relationship with sport and the Olympics in the past five decades, and further discusses the obstacles and challenges for esports’ Olympic inclusion. In the 1970s and 1980s, game manufacturers and publishers, consciously or unconsciously, forged a link between video games, competition and sport. Beginning in …
Chinese State Sports Policy
This article provides an overview of Chinese sports policy and practice, the origin, the challenge and continuity, from the 1920s to the 2000s with particular emphasis on the post Beijing Olympics. It states that the development of Chinese sports policy has always been shaped by political, economic and educational requirements. Since the beginning of the reform and open-up in the late 1970s, elite sport received more support from the government w…
Sport and Politics
The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) was one of the most violent political movements to have taken place in modern Chinese history. Sport was not immune from this political storm. In the first phase of the revolution (1966–1972), the country’s sport system was brought down by the Red Guards and revolutionary rebels. Athletes, coaches and officials who dared to challenge the Maoists were arrested and tortured, and suffered greatly as a result of th…
From Hongkew Recreation Ground to Bird's Nest
The rapid growth of western sports in China in the early twentieth century gave rise to \nmodern sports venues and facilities. During the past 100 years, an increasing number of \nlarge sports complexes were built around the country to facilitate the development of \nsport and serve the mission of modernisation. This article examines the origins and \ndevelopment of large sports venues in China in the context of history, politics and \nsociety. S…
Rethinking integration and identity
Using historical narratives and a qualitative research approach, this paper analyses the social, cultural and cognitive causes of differentiation and stratification among Chinese migrants in the Republic of Ireland. It discusses individuals’ diversified capabilities, attitudes and actual levels of integration, as well as their disparate patterns of self-identification. In the research area of Chinese migrants in Ireland, in-group diversity and it…
From Celestial Empire to Nation State
The history of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic clearly showed the close relationship between sport, nationalism and politics, and reflected the changes in Chinese society and Chinese people's view of their identity as well as their way of thinking. Sport had a great importance, not only for the construction of Chinese nationalism and national consciousness, but also for the eventual transformation of China from a celestial empire int…
Chinese State Sports Policy
This article provides an overview of Chinese sports policy and practice, the origin, the challenge and continuity, from the 1920s to the 2000s with particular emphasis on the post Beijing Olympics. It states that the development of Chinese sports policy has always been shaped by political, economic and educational requirements. Since the beginning of the reform and open-up in the late 1970s, elite sport received more support from the government w…
Sport, Nationalism and the Building of the Modern Chinese Nation State (1912–49)
This article will examine the relationship between sport, Chinese nationalism and the building of the Republic. It will highlight the role of sport in constructing the modern Chinese nation state in a historical and political context. The Republic of China Era (1912–49) saw the transformation of the modern Chinese nation state from its infancy to maturity. Sport played an important part in this process of change, supporting and facilitating the r…
Representing the New China and the Sovietisation of Chinese sport (1949–1962)
Sport and Nationalism in China
This book examines the relationships between sport, nationalism and nation building in China. By exploring the last 150 years of Chinese history, it offers unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage and provides a clear grasp of Chinese sports nationalism from both macro and micro perspectives. Beginning with a discussion on the role of sport in the Qing Dynasty’s Self-Strengthening Movement (1861-1895), the book examines how sport contributed to…
From Hongkew Recreation Ground to Bird's Nest
The rapid growth of western sports in China in the early twentieth century gave rise to \nmodern sports venues and facilities. During the past 100 years, an increasing number of \nlarge sports complexes were built around the country to facilitate the development of \nsport and serve the mission of modernisation. This article examines the origins and \ndevelopment of large sports venues in China in the context of history, politics and \nsociety. S…
The Professionalisation and Commercialisation of Football in China (1993–2013)
The professionalisation and commercialisation of football in China began in 1993, followed in 1994 by the launch of a league system that was modelled on the systems of Western countries. With the support of the market, football began to become self-sufficient and no longer reliant on government support. State-owned football clubs were replaced by an increasing number of privately owned and collectively owned clubs. Athletes started to play footba…
Projecting the ‘Chineseness’
Wushu, also known as Kung Fu, is a traditional Chinese martial art. It also symbolises \nthe strength of the Chinese and their pride in their history. Wushu came to be associated \nwith Chinese nationalism after China’s various defeats at the hands of foreign \nimperialist powers at the turn of the twentieth century. This relationship has been \nfurther strengthened through martial arts films. In the first half of the twentieth century, \nmartial…
The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China
The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communist and Champions is the first book in English which examines in chronological order key issues in sport in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 2012 in the context of Chinese history, politics and society. It explores the complexity of Chinese sport including the sovietisation of Chinese sports policy and practice; the emergence of the ‘two Chinas’ issue; the Cold War, the Cultural Revolu…
Sport and Politics
The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) was one of the most violent political movements to have taken place in modern Chinese history. Sport was not immune from this political storm. In the first phase of the revolution (1966–1972), the country’s sport system was brought down by the Red Guards and revolutionary rebels. Athletes, coaches and officials who dared to challenge the Maoists were arrested and tortured, and suffered greatly as a result of th…
From E-Heroin to E-Sports
The paper examines the development of competitive gaming in China in the past three decades. In the early years, gaming enthusiasts in China organized competitions on a voluntary basis. From the late 1990s, profit-driven gaming companies began to organize and sponsor video game competitions across the country. The past 15 years have seen the commercialization and professionalization of competitive gaming, and the development of the new concept of…
Rethinking integration and identity
Using historical narratives and a qualitative research approach, this paper analyses the social, cultural and cognitive causes of differentiation and stratification among Chinese migrants in the Republic of Ireland. It discusses individuals’ diversified capabilities, attitudes and actual levels of integration, as well as their disparate patterns of self-identification. In the research area of Chinese migrants in Ireland, in-group diversity and it…
A History of Shaolin
Shaolin Monastery at Mount Song is considered the epicentre of the Chan school of Buddhism. It is also well known for its martial arts tradition and has long been regarded as a special cultural heritage site and an important symbol of the Chinese nation. This book is the first scholarly work in English to comprehensively examine the full history of Shaolin Monastery from 496 to 2016. More importantly, it offers a clear grasp of the origins and de…
China’s Sports Heroes
Sport has been of great importance to the construction of Chinese national consciousness during the past century. This article examines how China’s sport celebrities have played their part in nation building and identity construction. It points out that Chinese athletes’ participation in international sporting events in the first half of the twentieth century demonstrated China’s motivation to stay engaged with the world, and therefore led to the…
Chinese National Identity in the Age of Globalisation
The Routledge Handbook of Sport in Asia
"This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, development and contemporary significance of sport in Asia. It addresses a wide range of issues central to sport in the context of Asian culture, politics, economy and society. The book explores diverse topics including the history of traditional Asian sports; the rise of modern sports in Asia; the Olympic movement in Asia; mega sport events in Asia; sport governance and po…
A History of Competitive Gaming
Competitive gaming, or esports – referring to competitive tournaments of video games among both casual gamers and professional players – began in the early 1970s with small competitions like the one held at Stanford University in October 1972, where some 20 researchers and students attended. By 2022, the estimated revenue of the global esports industry is in excess of $947 million, with over 200 million viewers worldwide. Regardless of views held…
Forging a Link between Competitive Gaming, Sport and the Olympics
Using historical narratives and a qualitative research approach, this article aims to understand how competitive gaming has established its relationship with sport and the Olympics in the past five decades, and further discusses the obstacles and challenges for esports’ Olympic inclusion. In the 1970s and 1980s, game manufacturers and publishers, consciously or unconsciously, forged a link between video games, competition and sport. Beginning in …
The Routledge Handbook of Nationalism in East and Southeast Asia
A Critical Analysis of China’s Marathon Industry
In the global wave of neoliberalism, different countries and regions have carried out different degrees of economic reform based on neoliberal thought. In this reform process, China has gradually developed a socialist market economy system through parallel market and government mechanisms. In the context of the rapid expansion of the sports market, marathon has grown into one of the largest single sports events in China. This study examines the d…
VR Sports Games
This article provides an overview of the history of VR sports games and offers insights into the interaction and integration between real-world sporting events and VR games. Additionally, it reveals the challenges associated with VR gaming technology and VR sports games. Overall, motion-control based VR sports games blur the lines between the virtual and real sport, providing new options for participating in sports, fitness activities and competi…
Mao Zedong’s Thoughts on Sport and His Influence on China’s Sport Policy and Practice
This article first introduces Mao Zedong’s early experience with and understanding of sport in the 1910s and 1920s. It then explains how his thought on and instruction in sport and physical education has contributed to the Communist Revolution in the 1930s and 1940s, and in what ways Mao Zedong Thought was reflected and promoted in the field of sport in the PRC between 1949 and 1976. Mao’s sport ideas were based on his vision of a socialist utopi…
Political science (16 works) · Law (14 works) · China (13 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (10 works) · Law (9 works) · History (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works)