Kicking Against The Distance:A Study On Football Diplomacy And The Global Complementarity Between China And Uruguay

According to Cambridge Advanced Learner Dictionary&Thesaurus,football is"a game played between two teams of eleven people,where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal".The above-mentioned definition of football tried to justify a fallacy that football is marginalized in international relations and politics.When some people talk about football,they do not give it the real importance that football has.In their opinions,football is only a sport,rather than a vehicle for communication,cooperation,etc.So nowadays,and after experienced a lot of cases of football diplomacy and cases where football plays a really important role,deny its importance will be ridiculous.The primary purpose of this thesis is to identify the complementarity between football in China and Uruguay,as well as identifying football as a vehicle to improve Uruguay-Sino relations and facilitate other exchange between the two countries.The hypothesis raised by this thesis argues that nourished Uruguayan experience in football can make a decisive contribution in achieving China's goals outlined in the Chinese Football Reform and Development Program,and prompting football diplomacy to be a key element in the Uruguay-Sino relations.This thesis carefully proved the above-mentioned hypothesis.It analyzes the elements creating a potential space for football to constitute a vehicle to boost the Uruguay-Sino relations,and examines the sport-related agreements and memorandum signed by China and Uruguay.Finally,various alternatives are manifested,through which the Uruguayan government,cultural,commercial and social exchanges,have been involved with the Chinese Dream of Football.This would generate more exchanges and better mutual understanding between the peoples of the two countries.