ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the political, social, and cultural factors of China's participation in the Asian Games. Against the backdrop of Nationalism, Orientalism, Globalisation, and the COVID-19 pandemic, China has gradually shifted from seeking recognition from Asian countries to proving its competence, building national confidence, and spreading common values. On the basis of rewriting the constitution of the Asian Games and shaping and cultivating the values of Asian youth, it is also necessary for Asian scholars to unite and jointly construct a solid Asian sports discursive community. Orientalism is a subjective imagination of the Orient based on the special geographical position of Asia in Western European experience. This imagination is filled with denigration, ugliness, and misunderstanding of various Oriental cultural forms in the history of Western thought. Orientalism is transformed into the expression of rights in globalisation.
