Introduction
China in 2008: A Reflection on a Year of Great Significance, by Kate Merkel-Hess
Chapter 1: Anxieties of a Prosperous Age
NIMBY Comes to China, by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Homeowners’ Protests in Shanghai: An Interview with Benjamin Read, by Angilee Shah
Gilded Age, Gilded Cage, by Leslie T. Chang
Melamine and Milk in Modern China, by Anna Greenspan
Little Emperors or Frail Pragmatists? China’s ’80ers Generation, by Yunxiang Yan
Chapter 2: Tibet
At War with the Utopia of Modernity, by Pankaj Mishra
How to Think About Tibet, by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Ballooning Unrest: Tibet, State Violence and the Incredible Lightness of Knowledge, by Charlene Makley
Chapter 3: Meanwhile, Across the Straits…
Readings on Taiwan, by Paul R. Katz
Chapter 4, Nationalism and the Torch
Torching the Relay: An Interview with Geremie Barmé, with questions from Woroni
Chinese protesters extinguish Olympic torch in protest?, from Danwei.org
Why Were Chinese People so Angry about the Attempts to Seize the Torch in the International Torch Relay?, by Susan Brownell
Chapter 5, Earthquake and Recovery
Rumor and the Sichuan Earthquake, by S. A. Smith
Earthquake and the Imperatives of Chinese Mourning, by Donald S. Sutton
Chinese Responses to Disaster: A View from the Qing, by Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley
China and the Red Cross, by Caroline Reeves
Resistance Is Useful, by Rana Mitter
After the Earthquake: Former students report on the disaster, by Peter Hessler
Letters from Sichuan II, by Peter Hessler
Chapter 6, Shanghai Images in Beijing’s Year
Disappearing Shanghai, by Howard W. French
Chapter 7, Tiananmen Reconsidered
Tiananmen’s Shifting Legacy, by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
The Gate of Heavenly Peace-Making, by Pär K. Cassel
Chapter 8, The Road to the Olympics
China’s Olympic Road, by Susan Brownell
The Boycotts of ’08 Revisited, by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
How to Talk to Strangers: Beijing's Advice, by Mary S. Erbaugh
Learning English, Learning Chinese, by David L. Porter
Chapter 9, The Olympics as Spectacle
It’s Right to Party, en Masse, by Haiyan Lee
Where Were China’s Women on 08/08/08?, by Nicole E. Barnes
What Would Mao Think of the Games?, by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
The Olympics Around the World, excerpts by Pierre Fuller, David Luesink, Miri Kim, Paola Voci, and Shakhar Rahav
From Lovers to Volunteers: China’s National Anthem, by Liang Luo
Beijing's Olympic Weather: “Haze,” Blue Skies, and Hot Air, by Alex Pasternack
Beijing’s Olympic Soundscape: Volunteerism, internationalism, heroism and patriotism at the 2008 Games, by Daniel Beekman
Chapter 10, China after the Games
One Bed, Different Dreams: The Beijing Olympics as seen in Tokyo, by James Farrer
China’s Olympic Run, by Pallavi Aiyar
Chapter 11, Follow the Leader
Facing Up to Friendship, by Geremie R. Barmé
Preserving the Premier’s Calligraphy at Beichuan Middle School, by Richard C. Kraus
Boss Hu and the Press, by Nicolai Volland
Hua Guofeng: Remembering a Forgotten Leader, by Jeremiah Jenne
Chapter 12, Things Seen and Unseen
Digital China: Ten Things Worth Knowing about the Chinese Internet, by Kate Merkel-Hess and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
The Chinese Press in the Spotlight, by Timothy B. Weston
Finding Trust Online: Tigergate to the Sichuan Earthquakes, by Guobin Yang
Things We'd Rather You Not Say on the Web, Or Anywhere Else, by David Bandurski
Chapter 13, Pop Culture in a Global Age
Kung Fu Panda, Go Home!, by Haiyan Lee
In Defense of Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem, by Timothy B. Weston
Wolf Totem: Romanticized Essentialization, by Nicole E. Barnes
Wei Cheng: From an Elite Novel to a Popular Metaphor, by Xia Shi
Faking Heaven: It’s All Done with Mirrors, by Timothy S. Oakes
Chapter 14, Reinvented Traditions
The Global Rebranding of Confucius, by Julia K. Murray
China: Democracy, or Confucianism?, by Xujun Eberlein
Chapter 15, China and the U.S.
A Nation of Outlaws, by Stephen Mihm
Democracy or Bust: Why our Knowledge about What the Chinese Lack is Really No Knowledge at All, by David L. Porter
Follow the Money: A Tale of Two Economies, by Kenneth L. Pomeranz
Yellow Peril Consumerism: China, North America, and an Era of Global Trade, by Amy Hanser
Afterword by Kenneth L. Pomeranz
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