In this groundbreaking work, the author of Sports, Politics, and Ideology in China presents an exciting mix of sport and social phenomena in China through an examination of the modern athlete's life within the sports establishment. Based largely on his personal experiences living with Chinese athletes and commonfolk over a four-year period, a compelling picture emerges of a China that has expended much energy to achieve recognition, often at the expense of the very athletes being nurtured by the system. Beyond sports, Is the Moon in China Just as Round? explores many of the little understood nuances of Chinese life--including the ease with which parents separate from their children; life without running water in a peasant village; the differing impacts of the crackdown in Tiananmen Square inside and outside China. China remains a country in which all of the conventional sources of information remain suspect. For those seeking an unvarnished look at Chinese life, Is the Moon in China Just as Round? will be an engaging experience.

Is the Moon in China Just As Round?: Sporting Life and Sundry Scenes

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<p>When Jonathan Kolatch's imagination is set free to wander, you never know where it might perch. Whether exploring the logistics of taking a Japanese bath, revisiting the remains of an evacuated Jewish settlement in Gaza, debunking the Dx game doctors play, or analyzing the economics of a chocolate chip cookie, he sees the world through a unique Kolatchian perspective.Blurring the lines between the factual and the fanciful, close to home or far away, Jon Kolatch makes us care about people we've never met and consider things we've never thought about. For Kolatch, debating whether to sell an aging car segues naturally into a contemplation of human immortality, and a chat with a West Bank rabbi over coexistence with neighboring Arabs begets a visit to a Palestinian legislator bent on scuttling the rabbi's peace dreams.From his earliest years, Jon Kolatch found himself following unconventional paths. Of thoroughly urban stock, when his parents acquired a modest tract of land two hours north of New York City, he found himself immersed in rural life: planting fruit trees, tinkering with recalcitrant lawn mowers, challenging poison ivy. Thus began a bipolar existence'weekdays in the big city, weekends in the stix'that continues to this day. Country themes inspired some of his earliest published pieces in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.</p>

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