Far Eastern Championship Games And The Development Of Modern East Asian Society

In the history of the modern Olympics, East Asia is a very active area as well asEurope. East Asian countries like China and Japan have outstanding performance at theOlympics, ranking high on the medal list in recent years. Their potential is unstoppable.Moreover, since the revival of the modern Olympics, all the five Olympic Games hostedin Asia are conducted in East Asia. One important reason for this is that sports gameshave been popular in East Asia for a long time, and its origin can be traced back to thebeginning of the modern Olympic Games as well as the closely related "Far EasternChampionship Games"(“FECG”).Held by the Philippines, China and Japan following the mode of the Olympics, theFECG is the first international sports competitions in East Asia. And it is also the firstregional international sports competition recognized by International OlympicCommittee. Due to its great significance for the development of modern sport in EastAsia, it is later hailed as the "Oriental Olympics" and "Modern Asian Games".Studying the development of the FECG and the modern East Asian society, thisdissertation mainly takes documentary research, historical analysis, logical analysis, andcase studies as methods and tries to take a broader look at the FECG and lay emphasison its interactive relationship with the modern East Asian society.The research results are as follows: the FECG set a platform for thecommunication between modern Asian countries and between Eastern and Westernworld. On this platform, political, business, cultural, educational, sports, media andother elites gathered together contributing for the development of modern East Asiansports and even the society. So that it produced many interactive relationships betweenthe FECG and the development of modern East Asian society.First, the relationship between the FECG and politics: the FECG eased the politicalconflicts between three countries of the Philippines, Japan and China, and between Eastand West, creating a peaceful development environment for modern East Asian society. Second, the relationship between the FECG and economy: the FECG made an usefulexploration in terms of fund raising, product development and marketing, sports clubmanagement, as well as other forms of economic win-win cooperation, providingreference for the development of modern economy in East Asia. Third, the relationshipbetween the FECG and culture: the interaction of eastern and western sports cultureduring this period was frequent and various. Western gymnastics, swimming, football,basketball, boxing and other sports won a lot of oriental fans; while oriental martial arts,judo, mahjong and other activities became a window for westerners to understandeastern culture. Fourth, the relationship between the FECG and education: physicaleducation was a new thing of modern education in East Asia, becoming a main force topromote education reform because of its special function and value. Fifth, therelationship between the FECG and media: mass media promoted the development ofthe modern East Asian sports by its public opinion guide on sports problems and sportscompetition investment. Meanwhile, sport was a theme of the modern time, promotingthe social influence of media. Sixth, the relationship between the FECG and daily life,the impact of sport was more trivial and profound. This impact, physical or ideological,habitual or interpersonal, covered almost every aspect of daily life.The main conclusions drawn in this article are: as a new thing, the FECG (sport)played a very radical role in the development of modern East Asian society, andproduced more positive functions conducive to social progress and era development.Because of its special social value and historical mission, the FECG (sport) gained notonly its own progress in a short span of more than20years, and led a vigorousdevelopment of modern sports cause in East Asia, but also permeated to other socialareas (politics, economy, culture, education, media, daily life, etc.), promoting themodernization process of the modern East Asian society.