Albrecht SONNTAG
Professor of European Studies - ESSCA
Chercheur affilié EU*Asia Institute Ilker GÜNDOGAN
Ilker GÜNDOGAN
Ruhr-University Bochum

Football has become a field of priority in the People’s Republic of China. Under Xi Jinping a football development strategy was launched, including four “comprehensive” reforms. The purpose of this research article, published in early 2019 by the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (SAGE), based on the original and unique survey conducted by Ilker Gündogan and co-authored with him, is to examine the perceptions of these reforms by Chinese football supporters – a fundamental stakeholder group – through an online survey.

Click here to download the 40-page article.

Click here to download the article complete with the original survey questionnaire in English and Chinese (27 extra pages).

Gündoğan, Ilker, and Albrecht Sonntag. “Chinese Football in the Era of Xi Jinping: What Do Supporters Think?” Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, vol. 47, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 103–141, doi:10.1177/186810261804700104.

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