The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics showcased China’s reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human ...
BEIJING — To get an idea of what the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games mean to China and Chinese broadcasting, it’s useful to recall that the world’s most populous nation has only been competing in the ...
It was the moment China truly announced itself on the world stage. The concept of an Asian summer Olympic Games wasn’t new; the first was Tokyo 1964 and then Seoul 1988. But the manner in which ...