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2019 , Vol. 8 >Issue 4: 604 - 619

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.05.007

Research Article

Towards international: China-aided stadiums in the developing world

  • Wei Chang , 1,2 ,
  • Charlie Q.L. Xue 2
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  • 1. School of Civil Engineering, Tangshan University, Tangshan 063000, China
  • 2. Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Received date: 30 Nov 2018

Revised date: 14 May 2019

Accepted date: 22 May 2019

Published date: 15 Dec 2019

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2019 2019 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi. This is an open access article under the CCBY-NC-ND license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Abstract

Foreign aid is a form of international relationship between countries. Building projects are a major form of foreign aid. In the past 60 years, China has constructed over 1400 buildings in the developing world, and many of them are stadiums. This study explores how China exported its overseas-aided stadiums in the developing world and considers the importance of these buildings from an architectural perspective. Through an examination of firsthand materials, this study explains the historic vicissitude of China-aided stadium architecture, analyzes the architectural features of these buildings, and presents case studies of representative examples from each historic stage. The investigation of these buildings from three periods in the 20th and 21st centuries fills a gap in the study of Chinese architecture and modern architectural history.

Key words： China’s aid; Stadiums; Developing world; Architectural design

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Wei Chang , Charlie Q.L. Xue . Towards international: China-aided stadiums in the developing world[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2019 , 8(4) : 604 -619 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2019.05.007

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