Chinese Dream of Becoming a Sports Power: From Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping
Yang Hui Hou Jialing

School of physical education,Chongqing Technology and Business University,China

Abstract

Since modern China was bullied by foreign powers, the history of the CPC since its founding 100 years ago has reflected the struggle of the Chinese Communists for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the course of the Chinese Communist Party^s struggle for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, sports, as the ^weapon^, has never been absent. The dream of sports power is one of the important contents. From the leadership collective of the Communist Party of China represented by Mao Zedong to that with Xi as the core, the five generations of leadership collective are building the dream of China^s sports power while pursuing and realizing the Chinese dream. During the revolutionary war, Mao Zedong put forward the idea of defending the country through sports, which was to ^exercise physique and fight Japan well^. After the founding of new China, Mao Zedong proposed the mass sports idea of ^developing sports and strengthening the people^s physique^, which broke away from the view of foreigners that we were the ^sick man of East Asia^. Currently, China has entered a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core attaches great importance to the development of sports. Xi Jinping clearly put forward the ^dream of sports power^ for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and further clarified that it is closely connected with the Chinese dream. Although with different goals and emphases in their dream of becoming a strong country in sports, they reflect the common characteristics of national rejuvenation, people^s health and inspiring spirit.

Keywords: Dream of Becoming a Sports Power-Mao Zedong- Xi Jinping

Topic: Comparative analysis of sport in Asian societies and other sports cultures and traditions