CONFLICT AND INTEGRATION:CHINA IN THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

Research into the history and causes of the connict and integration between the Olympic Movement and Chinese sport and its socio-cultural background, found that the historical process could be divided into four stages: conflict as a main theme, integration within connict, conflict within integration, and even greater integration. The intense conflict between the two sides reflected the great social differences between industrial and agricultural civilization as well as the natural distinctions of the cultural systems between the West and the East. The social changes in China have provided a proper condition for their integration.China’s return to the Olympic family and the development of the new market economy after opening and reform have provided a new historic opportunity for a further integration of the two sides. A new trend of mutual exchange between the two has started, which will benefit both of them.