The nationality conversion of athletes is no longer a novelty in international sports, however, the case of footballers’ naturalization in China has received little academic attention. The introduction of overseas talents was endorsed by national policy, with the purpose of strengthening the Chinese national team aiming to reach the World Cup. This article examines some legal concepts in Chinese footballers' naturalization and discusses this phenomenon from a sociological perspective. The purpose is to employ the football athletes’ nationality swapping as a case to discuss the status quo of this sport in China, and meanwhile, to discuss nationalism and social identity under the interaction of sports and society. La conversión de nacionalid...
In April 2016, the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched the "football development plan in the m...
In several Western European countries, multi-ethnic societies are also reflected in national footbal...
In professional sports, processes of globalization have triggered an upsurge in mobile elite migrant...
Representing the nation in sports mega events has become a highly contested issue with the accelerat...
The main focus of this paper is on nationalism and national identity through a discussion of natural...
Sport, nation and national identity in a globalized world: an examination of naturalization in Chine...
In the field of sports and nationalism, little has been done to explore the process of how a member ...
The aim of the study is to explore and describe the support of Chinese football fans for policy stra...
This article examines the mobilization of football in relation to Chinese state-building projects. P...
The inclusion of foreign-born sportspeople in national sports teams has become increasingly common. ...
ABSTRACT The terms ‘citizenship’, ‘nation’, and ‘nationality’ contain different, albeit overlapping...
The inclusion of foreign-born sportspeople in national sports teams has become increasingly common. ...
Abstract In the last few years China is becoming a well-established reality both at the Asian and E...
The following article analyses the football game as an identity phenomenon. Football has ceased to b...
This thesis tries to interrogate the intertwined relations between race, ethnicity, citizenship, and...
In April 2016, the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched the "football development plan in the m...
In several Western European countries, multi-ethnic societies are also reflected in national footbal...
In professional sports, processes of globalization have triggered an upsurge in mobile elite migrant...
Representing the nation in sports mega events has become a highly contested issue with the accelerat...
The main focus of this paper is on nationalism and national identity through a discussion of natural...
Sport, nation and national identity in a globalized world: an examination of naturalization in Chine...
In the field of sports and nationalism, little has been done to explore the process of how a member ...
The aim of the study is to explore and describe the support of Chinese football fans for policy stra...
This article examines the mobilization of football in relation to Chinese state-building projects. P...
The inclusion of foreign-born sportspeople in national sports teams has become increasingly common. ...
ABSTRACT The terms ‘citizenship’, ‘nation’, and ‘nationality’ contain different, albeit overlapping...
The inclusion of foreign-born sportspeople in national sports teams has become increasingly common. ...
Abstract In the last few years China is becoming a well-established reality both at the Asian and E...
The following article analyses the football game as an identity phenomenon. Football has ceased to b...
This thesis tries to interrogate the intertwined relations between race, ethnicity, citizenship, and...
In April 2016, the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched the "football development plan in the m...
In several Western European countries, multi-ethnic societies are also reflected in national footbal...
In professional sports, processes of globalization have triggered an upsurge in mobile elite migrant...