Xiaoqian Richard Hu, PhD, is an Associate Professor of sport management at the Division of Sport Science and Physical Education of Tsinghua University also the coach of the varsity softball team of Tsinghua.
Before receiving his PhD and MSc in Sport Management from Loughborough University for the research investigating the development of Chinese elite sport policy before and after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Richard had been a sport journalist of Xinhua News Agency of China for five years since he finished the undergraduate study in Tsinghua University.
His research interests are focused on issues relating to Olympic studies, Olympic legacy, sport policies and governance at transnational, national and regional levels, as well as the sociology of sport.
