Sports Development of Hong Kong and Macau

Brian Bridges is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Formerly Head of that Department (2007–10), he specialises in the international politics and modern history of the Asian Pacific region, with a particular focus on the sport–politics nexus. His most recent book is The Two Koreas and the Politics of Global Sport (2012).Marcus P. Chu is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, where he has been teaching since 2012. He has published extensively on the politics of sport in China and is working on a book project exploring the history and politics of sporting mega-events in the greater China region.

• Introduction: Rethinking Sport in the Two SARsBrian Bridges and Marcus P. Chu 1. Post-Handover Hong Kong’s International Sporting Bids: A Win-Less-Lose-More JourneyMarcus P. Chu 2. The Hong Kong Games in the Eyes of Local Sports and Recreation StudentsGlos Ho, Edmond Yik Ming Yiu, Michael Huen Sum Lam 3. Maintaining a Minority Sport: Cricket in Post-Colonial Hong KongBrian Bridges 4. Emergence, Cessation and Resurgence during the Evolution of Rugby Union in Hong KongLeigh Jones, Nicky Lewis 5. ‘Indigenous’ or ‘All Stars’: Discourses on ‘Team Hong Kong’ in a FIFA World Cup TournamentLawrence Ka-Ki Ho, Andy Chiu 6. Reconnecting Colonial Imagination? Hong Kong People’s Attitude towards the London 2012 OlympicsGlos Ho 7. From Integration with China to Engagement with the World: International Mega-sports Events in Post-Handover MacauMarcus P. Chu 8. Sports-Politics Puzzle in China’s MacauEilo Wing-yat Yu, Leo Hou-ieong Lei9. Two Tales of China's Sport Diplomacy: Post-Handover Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions ComparedVic Li Yu-wai