Showing posts with label The 2008 Beijing Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The 2008 Beijing Olympics. Show all posts
6/08/2009

Looking Backwards: From 1989 to Han Times and from 2008 to 1964

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There have been many efforts during the last month, on this site and elsewhere, to bring history into discussions of the twentieth anniversa...
2/01/2009

FAQ#8: Was there a Master Plan to use the Olympic Games to Promote a Positive Image of China to the World ?

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(And What was the Strategy for Dealing with the International Criticism on Human Rights)? (This is a shortened version of a paper presente...
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1/02/2009

2008 Retrospective: Olympics in Taiwan

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China Beat will be running a series of 2008 retrospectives over the coming weeks--pieces that both look back at events of the year (some we...
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1/01/2009

Human Rights and China’s Public Diplomacy

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A Controversy over a Beijing Olympic Float for the 2008 Pasadena Rose Parade By Hongmei Li While the Tournament of Roses is busy preparing f...
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12/09/2008

From Iron Girls to Oriental Beauties

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By Hongmei Li In a piece I did for the Huffington Post on women and the Olympics , I provided a brief overview of the history of ideas about...
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12/03/2008

Whose Peoples’ Games?

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Ethnic Identity and the 2008 Beijing Olympics By James Leibold With the self-professed slogans of the Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and...
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9/04/2008

Faking Heaven: The Utopian Will to Order in China

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By Timothy S. Oakes Now that the 2008 Olympics have come and gone, Beijing can perhaps breathe a sigh of relief that after two weeks of inte...
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9/03/2008

Olympic Echoes in Denver and St. Paul

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When the media spotlight shifted instantaneously from Beijing to Denver last week, it was easy to focus on things that the Olympics and the ...
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