The Journey of Chinese Basketball Activity
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Dec-04-2011
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The basketball activity in China has gone through an unusual way. We need to have a thinking on the affair.
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The basketball activity was first introduced in China in 1895. After about 110 years of rainy and sunny path, basketball movement has grown to be an indispensable section of Chinese modern culture. Basketball has done huge benefits to Chinese people, like the promotion of health and the development of sports career. We all understand that basketball was initially invented in America. So its growth in the United States is utterly different from that in China. The distinct milieu in China has significant effect on the introduction and improvement of basketball activity. Let us have a review of its source.
In 1840, the Opium War was triggered by the Great Britan. In face of the mighty and highly developed western culture, the time-honored Chinese culture had fell apart. It was just under the milieu that the modern sports was brought in China. In 1895, the basketball movement was brought in the rail of Chinese sports by an American preacher. And since then, the activity has begun its journey in China. Generally speaking, the journey can be divided into five stages.
The phase of enlightenment and promotion lasting from 1895 to 1927, was the very beginning phase. Although Tianjin was its first landing place, numerous other districts had as well begun the activity, like the middle of China, the north of China, the east of China and so on. And the basketball activity even had appeared amongst all sorts of sports in National Sports, which had its appearance for three times. Nevertheless, in this cycle, it was still dominated by the American.
In the second period China had begun its self development in the basketball movement. Since the reign of the Kuomintang, China had regained the self-government in sports. The phase of prosperity had fallen onto the Chinese basketball movement when the Anti-Japanese War had ended. And in particular in Shanghai the basketball movement was in the rising. At this time, we were independent in sports. And loads of skillful and talented athletes had emerged at that time.
The third phase was a half-closed and self-developing state, which lasted from 1950 to 1974. This was due to the political factor. This phase should be called the golden period of Chinese basketball activity. A lot of domains that were associated with the basketball activity had come across their prospering stage as well. It showed Chinese people's ability to stand steadily among the international peoples.
The forth phase was the pioneering phase, lasting from 1974 to 1994. The basketball activity had encountered its opportunity of fully developing and broadening its road along with the implementing of the reform and opening policy. In the phase countless athletes bore in their minds the dream of revitalizing China via sports. However, Chinese basketball activity seemed to lose its direction after a short flourishing. The basketball movement had stepped into professionalizing stage with the arrival of market economy. In its change to professionalism, the athletes seemed to lose the sense of responsibility and the enterprising spirit. The prospect of Chinese basketball activity was no longer as powerful as that in the 90s. Although some have entered the NBA and had been greatly sponsored by Asics, Chinese basketball sphere still could not escape its declining situation. We ought to make a summary and rumination on the development of Chinese basketball movement.
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