From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an
extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms …

This book examines the role played by the media in China's cultural transformation in the
early years of the 21st century. In contrast to the traditional view that sees the Chinese media …

This study examines the relationship between architecture and nation building in the age of
globalization, with an analysis of the debates and controversies about the National Stadium …

By representing their experience of modernity as different from the West in their respective
Olympic Games, Asian nations reveal much about the ambitions and anxieties of being an …

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 …

To embrace the digital transformation, the Party press in China started to set up official
accounts on social media platforms, hoping to strengthen the CCP's legitimacy while …

The Olympics literature typically makes cities the predominant unit of analysis and
investigates how and why certain cities host the Games. This article examines how the …

Kipling's twain between the “East” and the “West” of the nineteenth century continues to
haunt our modern global imagination. Nowhere is the difference between the two made …

This article examines the role of the news media in the production of media sports spectacle
through representation of soccer fandom and articulation of the meanings of sports events …

On August 8, 2008, Beijing orchestrated a grand opening ceremony for the Twenty-Ninth
Olympic Games. Amid the People's Republic of China's inexorable emergence as a …