China Gold, A Companion to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing: China's Rise to Global Power and Olympic Glory

by Fan Hong, Karen Christensen, Duncan Mackay

Book Overview

China Gold: China's Quest for Global Power and Olympic Glory is essential reading for everyone who wants to understand what the Olympics means to China. It was written by Chinese experts in close collaboration with U.S. and European sports writers as a companion to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Like many Games in the 112-year history of the modern Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Games were disparaged by some groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933782641
• ISBN13: 9781933782645
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.5"