He Zhengliang and China's Olympic Dream

This book was written by He Zhenliang's wife Liang Lijuan, a senior joumalist from the People's Daily. He Zhenliang, known as China's Mr. Olympics, is the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee and former Deputy Minister of the State Sport Commission of China, the predecessor of the General Administration of Sport. This book is a memoir of his personal life stories and diplomatic experiences in the sports field. It gives accurate and detailed depictions of the inside stories of a number of significant events in China's history of sports dealing with the outside world, including opposition to 'two Chinas' in international sports organizations in the 1950s, the founding of the Games of the Newly Emerging Forces (GANEFO) in the 1960s, restoration of China's legitimate seat on the International Olympic Committee in the 1970s, the 1990 Beijing 1lth Asian Games, and Beijing's bids for the 2000 and 2008 Olympic Games. The story of the breaking down of barriers to sports exchanges across the Taiwan Straits is particularly fascinating.