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245	0	0	_aChina in 2008 : _ba year of great significance / _cedited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Kenneth L. Pomeranz, and Wasserstrom ; with Miri Kim ; foreword by Jonathan D. Spence.
260			_aLanham : _bRowman & Littlefield Publishers, _cc2009.
300			_axii, 332p. : _c23cm.
505	0	0	_tForeword / _rJonathan D. Spence -- _gIntroduction. _tChina in 2008: Reflections on a Year of Great Significance / _rKate Merkel-Hess -- _gCh. 1. _tAnxieties of a Prosperous Age -- _tCoal Miner's Daughter / _rKate Merkel-Hess -- _gCh. 2. _tTibet -- _tMedia Coverage of Tibet / _rJames Miles -- _gCh. 3. _tMeanwhile, Across the Straits ... -- _tThe Election in Taiwan / _rYong Chen -- _gCh. 4. _tNationalism and The Torch -- _tFollow the Bouncing Torch / _rJeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- _gCh. 5. _tEarthquake and Recovery -- _tGiving Long-Term Relief / _rYong Chen -- _gCh. 6. _tShanghai Images in Beijing's Year -- _tA Better Life in New Shanghai? / _rMaura Elizabeth Cunningham -- _gCh. 7. _tTiananmen Reconsidered -- _tRevolutionary Anniversaries / _rKate Merkel-Hess -- _gCh. 8. _tThe Road to the Olympics -- _tVietnam's Youth Given a Rare Chance to Protest - against China / _rCaroline Finlay -- _gCh. 9. _tThe Olympics as Spectacle -- _tPainting over Mao: Notes on the Inauguration of the Beijing Olympic Games / _rGeremie R. Barme -- _gCh. 10. _tChina After the Games -- _tAfter the Olympics, What? / _rNicolai Volland -- _gCh. 11. _tFollow the Leader -- _tEarly Critics of Deng Xiaoping - A 1978 Flashback / _rJeffrey N. Wasserstrom -- _gCh. 12. _tThings Seen and Unseen -- _tWhy Was Yao Ming Fined? / _rSusan Brownell -- _gCh. 13. _tPop Culture in a Global Age -- _tRocking Beijing / _rEric Setzekorn -- _gCh. 14. _tReinvented Traditions -- _tIt's Not Just 8/8/08: A Year of Chinese Anniversaries / _rKenneth L. Pomeranz -- _gCh. 15. _tChina and the United States -- _tCulture and Collapse / _rPierre Fuller -- _tConclusion: Postcard from December: A Year of What Significance? / _rKenneth L. Pomeranz -- _tAppendix: China in 2008: A Chronology. _a 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.
650			_aChina -- History -- 2002-
650			_aPeople's Republic of China period (1949- )
651		0	_aChina _xHistory
700			_a Merkel-Hess, Kate
700			_aPomeranz,Kenneth L.
700			_aWasserstrom, Jeffrey N.
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