Fan Hong is Professor in Asian Studies at Bangor University, UK. She is Visiting and Adjunct Professor at several universities in China, Indonesia and Australia. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture, and an editorial board member of several academic journals. Her research interests are in the areas of sport history, gender, policy and organisations, cross-cultural studies and Asian studies.

Lu Zhouxiang is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland. He is also Academic Editor of the Asian Journal of Sport History and Culture and Editor of Cogent Social Sciences. His main research interests are Chinese history, national identity, Chinese martial arts and China's sport policy and practice.