Beyond the final score takes an original look at the 2008 beijing games within the context of the politics of sport in asia asian athletics are bound up with notions of national identity and nationalism refracting political intent and the processes of globalization sporting events can generate diplomatic breakthroughs as with the results of nixon and maos ping pong diplomacy or . Click on the article title to read more. Beyond the final score takes an original look at the 2008 beijing games within the context of the politics of sport in asia asian athletics are bound up with notions of national identity and nationalism refracting political intent and the processes of globalization. Beyond the final score takes an original look at the 2008 beijing games within the context of the politics of sport in asia asian athletics are bound up with notions of national identity and nationalism refracting political intent and the processes of globalization. Victor d cha former director of asian affairs for the white house evaluates beijings contention with this pressure considering the intense scrutiny china already faced on issues of counterproliferation global warming and free trade cha victor beyond the final score the politics of sport in asia seriescontemporary asia in the world see all formats and pricing ebook pdf publication