About the Editors and Authors
Editors FAN Hong 凡红 is a professor and director of the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies at University College Cork.
Further Reading China Gold
Barmé, Geremie. The Forbidden City. London: Profile Books, 2008. Booth, Douglas, and Holly Thorpe, eds. Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports.
China’s Olympic Dream (Zhōngguó Àoyùnmèng 中国奥运梦)|中国奥运梦 Zhōngguó Àoyùnmèng (China’s Olympic Dream )
FAN Hong In August 1908, the fourth modern Olympic Games took place in London, and it was there — in
Green Olympics, Green World (Lǜ Àoyùn lǜ shìjiè 绿奥运绿世界)|绿奥运绿世界 Lǜ Àoyùn lǜ shìjiè (Green Olympics, Green World)
Jörn-Carsten GOTTWALD China faces serious pollution problems, but its position as host of the 2008 Olympics has provided a strong
The Humanistic Olympics (Rénwén Àoyùn人文奥运)|人文奥运 Rénwén Àoyùn (The Humanistic Olympics)
JIN Yuanpu 金元浦 Taking into account the role of the Olympic Games as a unique vehicle of cultural diffusion, China
The Technological Olympics (Kējì Àoyùn 科技奥运)|科技奥运 Kējì Àoyùn (The Technological Olympics)
JIN Yuanpu 金元浦 From the original ancient games to the modern Olympics, the central focus of Olympic competition, and of