Asia fast turning into a sports hot spot

Editor's Note: Thanks to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Asia has become the new host of major sports events after Europe and North America. What has driven this shift? And what will be the impact of the sports events on the host countries' economic development? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Asia hosts sports galas due to multiple factors

Yi Jiandong, a professor on sports humanistic sociology at Wenzhou University