Sport and Conflicts of Politics: Case Study of 'Hu Na Incident'
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Sport, as a form of state soft power, was deliberately employed by political leaders to fulfill subtle and seemingly impossible diplomatic tasks at a certain critical moment. Nowadays sport still has an indissoluble bond with politics. On the one hand, sport is expected to be a means of developing foreign relations or carrying out political struggle; on the other hand, sport cannot get rid of the influence of states, blocs and various political forces. Taking 'Hu Na Incident' as a case study, this paper describes the incident occurred in 1982-1983 from the perspective of history; analyzes how this sport event became a diplomatic dispute between China and U.S.; reveals the complex link between 'Hu Na Incident' and Sino-U. S. relations; tries to provide a reference to today's sports diplomacy strategy.
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