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Article: Naturalized Athletes and Racialized National Identity in China

TitleNaturalized Athletes and Racialized National Identity in China
Authors
Issue Date16-Feb-2023
PublisherTaylor and Francis Group
Citation
Journal of Contemporary China, 2023 How to Cite?
Abstract

This paper focuses on how the phenomenon of naturalized athletes has caused unprecedented domestic discussions on issues of national identity in China. Using online data collected from Sina Weibo, it discusses how the Chinese public reacted to prominent cases of naturalization of athletes in such different sports fields as men’s football and a variety of winter sports. It interrogates how Chinese citizens view the possibilities and realities of this particular category of immigrants, and how the appropriate boundaries of ‘Chineseness’ have been debated and contested. The paper found that Chinese public reaction to naturalization of foreign athletes is overall mixed, which is conditioned on an ethno-racial view of Chinese descent, cultural heritage and linguistic affinity. The paper concludes with reflections on the ethno-racial foundation of the Chinese national identity and the challenges the country will face in a future of accelerated international migration.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/329179
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.707
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DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorHan, Enze-
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Lingbo-
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-05T07:55:53Z-
dc.date.available2023-08-05T07:55:53Z-
dc.date.issued2023-02-16-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Contemporary China, 2023-
dc.identifier.issn1067-0564-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/329179-
dc.description.abstract<p>This paper focuses on how the phenomenon of naturalized athletes has caused unprecedented domestic discussions on issues of national identity in China. Using online data collected from Sina Weibo, it discusses how the Chinese public reacted to prominent cases of naturalization of athletes in such different sports fields as men’s football and a variety of winter sports. It interrogates how Chinese citizens view the possibilities and realities of this particular category of immigrants, and how the appropriate boundaries of ‘Chineseness’ have been debated and contested. The paper found that Chinese public reaction to naturalization of foreign athletes is overall mixed, which is conditioned on an ethno-racial view of Chinese descent, cultural heritage and linguistic affinity. The paper concludes with reflections on the ethno-racial foundation of the Chinese national identity and the challenges the country will face in a future of accelerated international migration.<br></p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Contemporary China-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleNaturalized Athletes and Racialized National Identity in China-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10670564.2023.2179391-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85148500405-
dc.identifier.eissn1469-9400-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000936818900001-
dc.identifier.issnl1067-0564-

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