| Sports Diplomacy started from ancient Greece among various tribes.For temporarily stopping wars,maintaining peaceful living environment,worshiping Gods,establishing coalitions,the tribe leaders used the common sport events to unit the tribes.The Movement of the Olympics initiated the first Sports Diplomacy of humankind in Olympia,and at that time,there were two goals to reach:1)to reach for peace,that is beneficial for human survival and sustainability.2)to unify the beliefs,ways of thinking and the fundamental value systems.About two thousand years ago,during the most prosperous time period of Roman Empire,the rulers hosted huge sport and entertainment events to keep the conquered people in control.In Chinese Tang Dynasty,from the King to the common people,all citizens enjoyed“Chinese Polo”,and they participated in matches with the foreigners for enhancing good relationships with the surrounding countries,and in the meantime,showcasing the soft power of the ever-strong Tang Dynasty.During the past 68 years after the founding of People's Republic of China,the successful utilization of Sports Diplomacy has demonstrated its functions again and again during world sport events.It has made great contribution to the realization of political diplomacy,cultural exchange,economical cooperation,promoting Chinese traditions,as well as positive national images.Today's world is more and more globalized,it is a new era of technological development,and the new world order has emerged.People to people communication is no longer limited by the geographic barriers.Global information transmission is calculated by the units of minute and second.The public of the world is increasing its data exchanging speed dramatically much faster than before.Sports Diplomacy has become an incomparable tool that can be used to reach to the mass population rapidly.The core research topic of this thesis is:to analyze Chinese“Sports Diplomacy”with its characteristics,functions and practical rules,under the Chinese government's political policy of“Belt and Road Initiative”,focusing on the study of Croatia and its relationship with China.“Sports Diplomacy”is tightly connected with politics,yet it's rather different from political diplomacy,and it is a widely used diplomatic tool due to the efficient media broadcast.The characteristics of Chinese Sports Diplomacy are:1)It has huge impact and great potential.2)It has gotten ride of the backward and poor economic burden and become a soft power,which showcases Chinese recent development.3)It is more convincing and confident then before.4)It has changed from obviously dominant to implicit diplomacy.In the current new historical period,Chinese Sports Diplomacy can contribute to the following aspects:1)To build bridges among peoples around the world and to enhance friendship.2)To express political stands and intensions.3)To showcase Chinese national images.4)To increase the impact in the global communities and empower in global negotiations.5)To enhance the Chinese people's participation in sports 6)To promote the development of China's sports industry and other related industries.In September 2013,Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a major initiative to jointly build the"Silk Road Economic Belt"and the"21st Century Maritime Silk Road"?"Belt and Road Initiative"as abbreviation?.It aims to promote the coordination of economic policies between the countries of Eurasia and Africa,to carry out larger-scale and higher-leveled regional cooperation in various fields so as to jointly create the Eurasian community with mutual trust and mutual benefits,to increase the economic integration,cultural tolerance,interconnection,and to build a global community of common destiny,responsibility,development and prosperity.The 65 countries along the"Belt and Road Initiative"new Silk Road plus China represent 4.4 billion people in the world,which takes 63 percent of the total global population.The close cooperation among these countries is China's top level national policy and strategy that has to be immediately implemented,after the victory of the19th National Congress;it is also in line with“go global”and“bring in”Chinese government's strategies.In this study,the“soft power”of Sports Diplomacy is the core concept.Under the guidance of China's national policy of"Belt and Road Initiative",according to the current research situation at home and abroad,we explored the utilization of Sports Diplomacy regarding its characteristics,practicality,and functions in promoting mutual understanding,cooperation and support among different countries.The research scope is mainly among China and the countries along the"Belt and Road Initiative"new Silk Road,especially Republic of Croatia,regarding the sports events,training,exchanging scholars and coaches and so on.In the meantime,we traced back the most fundamental functions of Sports Diplomacy in the history in the West and China.It is of great significance,and practical value to seek the rules of using Sports Diplomacy for the purpose of rejuvenating the Chinese cultural tradition,promoting sports industry and showcasing China's positive image.Through the analysis of large number of hands-on experiences of Sports Diplomacy at home and abroad,with the combination of theoretical concepts,this study draws 9 suggestions on promoting the development of China's Sports Diplomacy in the new historical period and under the current social conditions:1)Building and enriching the Think-tank Pool and data base on"Sports Diplomacy";2)Develop a series of"sports diplomacy practice guidebook";3)Establishing Sports Diplomacy special agencies;4)Establishing professional training programs on"sports diplomacy";4)Training high quality volunteers for world sport events,such as 2022 Winter Olympics;5)Creating Sports Diplomacy Programs in mainstream media;6)Improving conversational skills in English and in other foreign languages;7)Guiding the grass-roots education;8)Advocating the leaders to become roll-models as living a sport-enthusiastic life style.The innovative ideas in this research are:breaking through the traditional concept of Sports Diplomacy that was mainly carried out by the state diplomatic agencies and government authorities,the new idea is combined with modern science and technology and information systems,as well as the observation and analysis of China and the other Belt and Road countries,especially Croatia.The study brings out the"Three Principles of China's Sports Diplomacy",namely:to share consensus,to bear the same burden,to create a win-win situation.The practicability of this principle is to combine international sports activities and diplomacy with the help of international trends,so as to more accurately and effectively promote the formulation of sport-related government decisions,laws and regulations,enhance the cooperation with international sports organizations,international media,increase international education cooperation and promotion of environmental protection,develop better health care and medical system and drug testing facilities,enhance community and public services,promote tourism with business conferences and meetings,develop sports industry and more.This research adopts the methods of investigation,literature,historical research and deductive&inductive methods,focusing on the interviews with the investigation method and the historical research method. |
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