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University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU
Between 1997 and 2003 I was a professional sports journalist in China. The major sporting events I covered during this period of time include the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2002 FIFA Men’s Football World Cup and the 2002 Busan Asian Games.
I also covered lots of international, Asian and Chinese championships of various sports such as table tennis, badminton, volleyball, athletics, swimming, shooting, gymnastics, diving and weightlifting. Many of the events that I covered were actually quite boring. However, I have never been bored by football. I firmly believe that football creates the best drama in the world.
During my journalist career, I had over 2000 reports, features and analyses published. I also used to be member of the International Sports Press Association (2002-2003) and member of the International Badminton Journalists Committee (2003-2005).
In January 2004, I left China for England and started to study in De Montfort University as a research student. In July 2007 I was awarded a degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Since September 2007 I have been working as a senior lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire.
Currently, I am the unit leader of the following units: Sport and Physical Activity in Society (Year 1, 30 credits), Foundations for Degree Studies in Sport and Physical Education (Year 1, 30 credits), and Issues in Olympic and Paralympics Studies (Year 3, 15 credits).
I also contribute to the delivery of a number of other units such as Socio-Cultural Analysis of Sport and PE, Work Placement Project, Dissertation and Applied Case Studies.
My main research area is Sport & Media. I am particularly interested in the sociology of mediated sport production and my PhD thesis analyses the complex relationship between the news media and sports administrative organisation in China.
I also conduct content and textual analyses of mediated sport, with the research focus on media discourse of gender and national identity.
Within the broader context of sports sociology, I also investigate the political economy of Chinese elite sport. Currently I am examining the relationship between nationalism and sport in China.
I attended the 7th Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong between the 2nd and 3rd of March 2012 in Hong Kong, China. I gave a 20-minute presentation titled 'Cooperation and Confrontation: A Macro Analysis of the MediaSport Institution in Contemporary China'.
Between th 22nd and 24th of July 2011 I attended the 22nd Pan-Asia Congress of Sports and PE in Beijing, China. As one of the keynote presenters, I gave a 20-minute presentation titled 'At the Storm Centre Is China But Not Liu Xiang', which was based upon a comparative study of media coverage of the Beijing Olympics in the USA, UK and China.
I attended the National Conference of PE Teacher Training of China between the 7th and 9th of July 2011 in Langfang, China. I gave a keynote speech on PE teacher training in the UK at the conference.
In December 2005, I attended and presented at the Annual Conference of the International Sociology of Sport Association.
In May 2006, I attended and presented at the 1st International Sports Cultures Conference.
