The volume is co-edited by Dr. Zhouxiang Lu, Lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies and Prof. Fan Hong, Professor in Asian Studies at Bangor University. Contributors include Dr Yinya Liu, also of the Maynooth University Department of Chinese Studies, alongside scholars based in the Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, UK and Singapore. The book aims at understanding the transformation of the Olympics over the past decades and tries to explain how the Olympic movement played its part in world politics, economy and international relations against the background of the rise of developing countries. The collection is based on an international conference which took place in Maynooth University, Ireland between 20–21 May 2016. It was a result of close collaboration between the International Journal of the History of Sport and Maynooth University. We wish to acknowledge the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures of Maynooth University for its organizational and financial support.