The unprecedented media coverage of the Beijing Olympics? China's global" coming out
party"? warrants consideration of who and what were on display. In stagingthe Games, the …

The Beijing 2008 Olympic ceremonies were spectacular performances and technological
accomplishments by the People's Republic of China. However, the audience in Beijing was …

The observation that the Olympic Games are about much more than sport is a truism, yet one
well worth reviewing as we anticipate the display scheduled for Beijing in the summer of …

The Olympics are as much about stories—many of them political—as they are about sports.
The ancient Games famously included an imperative to warring city-states to cease …

Staging the 2008 Olympics is heady stuff for the modern descendants of the Middle
Kingdom. Though its emperor once possessed a divine mandate to rule “All Under Heaven,” …

The world has chosen China…. This is not just about winning the right to host a sporting
event; it demonstrates the global status and respect enjoyed by the largest developing …

Four months after the Beijing Olympics, on the vast plaza beside the Games' main venues,
workers fought gusty winds and freezing temperatures to erect, incongruously, scores of …

The 2008 Olympics were meant to be China's global coming-out party. But on the eve of the
Games, Beijing finds itself beset by internal protests and international condemnation on …

The Beijing Olympics were about more than just sporting competition. They were about
China and its role on the international stage. The Games were explicitly recognized for their …

It is commonly stated that the 1964 and 1988 Olympics were “turning points” for the
integration of Japan and South Korea, respectively, into the global community. It was …