Tzu-hsuan Chen Editor

Alan Bairner received an M.A. in politics from the University of Edinburgh, a postgraduate certificate in secondary education from Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, and a Ph.D. from the University of Hull. His recent publications include The Politics of the Olympics—a Survey (co-edited with G. Molnar, 2010); Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics (co-edited with J. Kelly and J. W. Lee, 2017); Sport and Body Cultures in East and South East Asia (co-edited F. Trotier, 2018); and Sport and Secessionism (co-edited with M. Vaczi, 2021).

Tzu-hsuan Chen is a professor at the Graduate Institute of Physical Education, National Taiwan Sport University. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests currently focus on sport and mass media, globalization, fan culture, and nationalism.

Ying Chiang is a professor at the Chihlee University of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in sport sociology from National Taiwan Sport University, an M.A. in journalism from Shih Hsin University, and a B.A. in sociology from National Taipei University. She has written on media representation of female athletes and sports fans in Taiwan and on the nationalism and sport in Taiwan society.