UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY CHINA THROUGH THE OLYMPICS
- Module code: CN121
- Credits: 2.5
- Semester: 2
- Department: CHINESE
- International:
- Coordinator: Dr Zhouxiang Lu (CHINESE)
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Topics includes: Nationalism, politics and sport: China’s 100-year Olympic dream; The quest for global power and Olympic glory: China’s Olympic strategy; The Olympics and the Sino-Taiwan relations; A political triumph: China’s bid for the 2008 Olympics; The 2008 Olympic torch relay, a mirror of world politics; The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and its impact; The Beijing Olympics and China’s economic reform; The Olympics, politics and nationalism, a Sino-Irish comparison. |
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