TY - BOOK AU - Merkel-Hess, Kate AU - Pomeranz,Kenneth L. AU - Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. TI - China in 2008: a year of great significance SN - 9780742566590 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 951.06 PY - 2009/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - China -- History -- 2002- KW - People's Republic of China period (1949- ) KW - China KW - History N1 - Foreword; Jonathan D. Spence --; Introduction; China in 2008: Reflections on a Year of Great Significance; Kate Merkel-Hess --; Ch. 1; Anxieties of a Prosperous Age --; Coal Miner's Daughter; Kate Merkel-Hess --; Ch. 2; Tibet --; Media Coverage of Tibet; James Miles --; Ch. 3; Meanwhile, Across the Straits ... --; The Election in Taiwan; Yong Chen --; Ch. 4; Nationalism and The Torch --; Follow the Bouncing Torch; Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom --; Ch. 5; Earthquake and Recovery --; Giving Long-Term Relief; Yong Chen --; Ch. 6; Shanghai Images in Beijing's Year --; A Better Life in New Shanghai?; Maura Elizabeth Cunningham --; Ch. 7; Tiananmen Reconsidered --; Revolutionary Anniversaries; Kate Merkel-Hess --; Ch. 8; The Road to the Olympics --; Vietnam's Youth Given a Rare Chance to Protest - against China; Caroline Finlay --; Ch. 9; The Olympics as Spectacle --; Painting over Mao: Notes on the Inauguration of the Beijing Olympic Games; Geremie R. Barme --; Ch. 10; China After the Games --; After the Olympics, What?; Nicolai Volland --; Ch. 11; Follow the Leader --; Early Critics of Deng Xiaoping - A 1978 Flashback; Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom --; Ch. 12; Things Seen and Unseen --; Why Was Yao Ming Fined?; Susan Brownell --; Ch. 13; Pop Culture in a Global Age --; Rocking Beijing; Eric Setzekorn --; Ch. 14; Reinvented Traditions --; It's Not Just 8/8/08: A Year of Chinese Anniversaries; Kenneth L. Pomeranz --; Ch. 15; China and the United States --; Culture and Collapse; Pierre Fuller --; Conclusion: Postcard from December: A Year of What Significance?; Kenneth L. Pomeranz --; Appendix: China in 2008: A Chronology; 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 ER -