303 pages, [16] pages of plates : 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index

A lever for change in China / Nicholas Krostof -- Overview: China's race for reform / Miky Worden -- From Mao to now: three tumultuous decades / Frank Ching -- The promise of a people's Olympics / Sharon K. Hom -- The ghosts of Olympics past / Dave Zirin -- Olympian changes: Seoul and Beijing / Richard Pound -- Five Olympic rings, thousands of handcuffs / Wang Dan -- Physical strength, moral poverty / Jimmy Lai -- A gold medal in media censorship / Phelim Kine -- High hurdles to health in China / Joseph Amon -- Worship beyond the gods of victory / Mickey Spiegel -- A slow march to legal reform / Jerome Cohen -- Building the new Beijing: so much work, so little time / Mei Fong -- China's Olympic dream, no workers' paradise / Han Dongfang and Geoffrey Crothall -- The race for profits / Arvind Ganesan -- China and the Spielberg effect / R. Scott Greathead -- A marathon challenge to improve China's image / John Kamm -- Clearing the air / Christine Loh -- Modern games, old Chinese Communist Party / Bao Tong --Democracy with Chinese characteristics / Martin Lee -- Authoritarianism in the light of the Olympic flame / Liu Xiaobo --Dragons win: the Beijing games and Chinese nationalism / Emily Parker -- Challenges for a responsible power / Sophie Richardson -- A dual approach to rights reform / Kenneth Roth

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