兩岸體育政策之比較研究-以乒乓球競技為例 (2000~2015)

Abstract

Besides the connections among politics, economics and diplomacy, competitive sport is another way of demonstrating a country’s strength and capability. Since the Economic Reforms and Openness, sports in China Mainland have been advanced progressively. In Beijing Olympics 2008, China Mainland ’s competitive sports had been proved to have attained world-class standards. As cross-straits exchanges activities become more frequent in recent years, the relations on sport development of China Mainland and Taiwan is drawing closer. This research aims at probing into the current development and future perspectives of table tennis in sports policy across the Taiwan Strait. China Mainland has been the world champion and pioneer of table tennis development for over thirty years and table tennis is regarded as the Chinese national ball game. Taiwan has been having notable score improvement and breakthroughs in international contests. However, there is still room for improvement. The research draws upon document analysis and in-depth interview with scholars, athletes and government officials, to conduct comparisons between China Mainland and this nation’s policies regarding athlete selections, training manners and rewarding systems. Conclusively, the research provides an evaluation of the result and effectiveness of the policies implemented, in reference to China Mainland and this nation’s international scores. The anticipated outcome is to identify the factors of China Mainland’s success in table tennis sport and the findings may be useful in improving Taiwan’s sport system, and raising the awareness of national sport development.