Free ebook tells China’s Olympic story going back to 1908

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - July 31, 2015 - PRLog -- The International Olympic Committee has awarded the 2022 Winter Games to China, which hosted the 2008 Summer Games at a cost of nearly $50 billion.

Why would China want the Winter Games when no other country except Kazakhstan remained in the running?

Chinese history explains why the Olympics matter to China, and Berkshire Publishing is delighted to share, for the first time an ebook derived from the gorgeously illustrated China Gold: China’s Quest for Global Power and Olympic Glory. The 20-page ebook provides an expert-written history of China’s participation, and non-participation, in the Olympic Games, starting in London in 1908. It includes a section by author Susan Brownell, who appeared recently on Charlie Rose to discuss the 2022 bid, that begins, “Why has hosting the Olympic Games been so important to China for the last hundred years?”

Chapters were written by many sports scholars and the book was edited by Chinese sports expert Fan Hong, of the University of Western Australia, Karen Christensen, CEO of Berkshire Publishing, and Duncan Mackay, a well-known Olympics journalist. Christensen describes herself a wannabe jock.

Get your ebook at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2261264/BerkshirePublishing.