China in 2008 : a year of great significance /
edited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Kenneth L. Pomeranz, and Wasserstrom ; with Miri Kim ; foreword by Jonathan D. Spence.
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
- xii, 332p. : 23cm.
Inroduction: China in 2008: reflection on a year of great significance / Kate Merkel-Hess -- Anxieties of a prosperous age -- Tibet -- Meanwhile, across the straits ... -- Nationalism and the torch -- Earthquake and recovery -- Shanghai images in Beijing's year -- Tiananmen reconsidered -- The road to the Olympics -- The Olympics as spectacle -- China after the games -- Follow the leader -- Things seen and unseen -- Pop culture in a global age -- Reinvented traditions -- China and the United States. Foreword / China in 2008: Reflections on a Year of Great Significance / Anxieties of a Prosperous Age -- Coal Miner's Daughter / Tibet -- Media Coverage of Tibet / Meanwhile, Across the Straits ... -- The Election in Taiwan / Nationalism and The Torch -- Follow the Bouncing Torch / Earthquake and Recovery -- Giving Long-Term Relief / Shanghai Images in Beijing's Year -- A Better Life in New Shanghai? / Tiananmen Reconsidered -- Revolutionary Anniversaries / The Road to the Olympics -- Vietnam's Youth Given a Rare Chance to Protest - against China / The Olympics as Spectacle -- Painting over Mao: Notes on the Inauguration of the Beijing Olympic Games / China After the Games -- After the Olympics, What? / Follow the Leader -- Early Critics of Deng Xiaoping - A 1978 Flashback / Things Seen and Unseen -- Why Was Yao Ming Fined? / Pop Culture in a Global Age -- Rocking Beijing / Reinvented Traditions -- It's Not Just 8/8/08: A Year of Chinese Anniversaries / China and the United States -- Culture and Collapse / Conclusion: Postcard from December: A Year of What Significance? / Appendix: China in 2008: A Chronology. Jonathan D. Spence -- Kate Merkel-Hess -- Kate Merkel-Hess -- James Miles -- Yong Chen -- Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- Yong Chen -- Maura Elizabeth Cunningham -- Kate Merkel-Hess -- Caroline Finlay -- Geremie R. Barme -- Nicolai Volland -- Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- Susan Brownell -- Eric Setzekorn -- Kenneth L. Pomeranz -- Pierre Fuller -- Kenneth L. Pomeranz -- Introduction. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15.