Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Embargo Period
12-21-2022
Publication Title
The International Journal of the History of Sport
Abstract
The former Imperial State of Iran was a critical actor and deal-broker in orchestrating the Asian Games Federation’s admission of the All-China Sports Federation and expulsion of the Republic of China Olympic Committee in 1973 and enabling China’s Asian Games debut in Tehran in September 1974. Notably, it achieved this disruptive and historic outcome largely through offering good offices and adhering to institutionalism. In particular, Iran convinced the IOC to retain its patronage to the AGF and facilitated fruitful negotiations between the People’s Republic of China and the international sport governing bodies to ensure the issuance of event permits. Despite the occasionally provocative statements of Iranian officials against the IOC and IFs while playing the role of communist China’s advocate, Tehran also managed to persuade Beijing to make seemingly small but actually critical comprises while interacting with international governing bodies. These compromises proved essential to China’s eventual rehabilitation in international sport.
DOI
10.1080/09523367.2021.1921740
ISSN
1743-9035
Rights
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in International Journal of the History of Sport.
Y. Andrew Hao (2021): The Imperial State of Iran, a Deal-Broker: Enabling the People’s Republic of China’s Asian Games Debut in the 1974 Tehran Asian Games, The International Journal of the History of Sport, DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2021.1921740
It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Recommended Citation
Hao, Y. Andrew, "The Imperial State of Iran, a Deal-Broker: Enabling the People's Republic of China's Asian Games Debut in the 1974 Tehran Asian Games" (2021). Sports Management Publications. 1.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/sports_management/1
Primo Type
Article
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal of the History of Sport on June 21, 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09523367.2021.1921740.