About the Editors and Authors
Editors FAN Hong 凡红 is a professor and director of the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies at University College Cork.
Further Reading China Gold
Barmé, Geremie. The Forbidden City. London: Profile Books, 2008. Booth, Douglas, and Holly Thorpe, eds. Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports.
China’s Olympic Dream (Zhōngguó Àoyùnmèng 中国奥运梦)|中国奥运梦 Zhōngguó Àoyùnmèng (China’s Olympic Dream )
FAN Hong In August 1908, the fourth modern Olympic Games took place in London, and it was there — in
Green Olympics, Green World (Lǜ Àoyùn lǜ shìjiè 绿奥运绿世界)|绿奥运绿世界 Lǜ Àoyùn lǜ shìjiè (Green Olympics, Green World)
Jörn-Carsten GOTTWALD China faces serious pollution problems, but its position as host of the 2008 Olympics has provided a strong
The Humanistic Olympics (Rénwén Àoyùn人文奥运)|人文奥运 Rénwén Àoyùn (The Humanistic Olympics)
JIN Yuanpu 金元浦 Taking into account the role of the Olympic Games as a unique vehicle of cultural diffusion, China
The Technological Olympics (Kējì Àoyùn 科技奥运)|科技奥运 Kējì Àoyùn (The Technological Olympics)
JIN Yuanpu 金元浦 From the original ancient games to the modern Olympics, the central focus of Olympic competition, and of
The Olympic Ideal (Àolínpǐkè lǐxiǎng 奥林 匹克理想)|奥林 匹克理想 Àolínpǐkè lǐxiǎng (The Olympic Ideal)
Karen CHRISTENSEN In the aftermath of violence in Tibet in spring of 2008 and at the Olympic torch relay in
The Economic Impact of the Olympics (Běijīng Àoyùn yú jīngjì 北京奥运与经济)|北京奥 运与经济 Běijīng Àoyùn yú jīngjì (The Economic Impact of the Olympics)
Jörn-Carsten GOTTWALD Clearly China, perhaps the world’s hottest market, does not need a major sports event to catapult an ailing
Sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics (Běijīng Àoyùn zànzhùshāng 北京奥 运赞助商)|北京奥 运赞助商 Běijīng Àoyùn zànzhùshāng (Sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics)
Scott ELDRIDGE II Although there have been sponsors as long as there have been modern Olympic Games—the U.S. company Eastman
Setting the Stage (Chóubèi Àoyùn 筹备奥运)|筹备奥运 Chóubèi Àoyùn (Setting the Stage)
XIONG Xiaozheng 熊晓正 On 13 July 2001, a nation of 1.3 billion people heaved a collective sigh of relief as