J.A.Mangan is an internationally recognised academic with a wide range of publications in the politics of sport at various analytical levels.Dong Jinxia is an expert on Chinese sport with experience as international performer, judge and academic.

• 1. Preface: Geopolitical Games: Beijing 2008 J. A. Mangan2. Prologue: Beijing 2008 – The Mixed Messages of Contemporary Chinese Nationalism Julia Lovell3. Olympic Aspirations: Chinese Women on Top – Considerations and Consequences Dong Jinxia and J. A. Mangan4. Olympian Politics in Beijing: Games, But Not Just Games Kevin Caffrey5. Dancing around the Elephant: The Beijing Olympics – Taiwanese Reflections and Reactions Junwei Yu6. Sport as Public Diplomacy and Public Disquiet: Australia’s Ambivalent Embrace of the Beijing Olympics Peter Horton7. The Dish Might Be Overspiced: Fears, Doubts and Criticisms in French Perceptions of Chinese Olympic and Other Successes Thierry Terret8. Creative Tensions: ‘Join in London’ meets ‘Dancing Beijing’ – The Cultural Power of the Olympics Vassil Girginov9. Preparing to Take Credit for China’s Glory: American Perspectives on the Beijing Olympic Games Mark Dyreson10. Epilogue: Sideshow Beijing 2008 – An Absence of Euphoria beyond the Southern Clouds Kevin Caffrey

J.A.Mangan is an internationally recognised academic with a wide range of publications in the politics of sport at various analytical levels.Dong Jinxia is an expert on Chinese sport with experience as international performer, judge and academic.

• 1. Preface: Geopolitical Games: Beijing 2008 J. A. Mangan2. Prologue: Beijing 2008 – The Mixed Messages of Contemporary Chinese Nationalism Julia Lovell3. Olympic Aspirations: Chinese Women on Top – Considerations and Consequences Dong Jinxia and J. A. Mangan4. Olympian Politics in Beijing: Games, But Not Just Games Kevin Caffrey5. Dancing around the Elephant: The Beijing Olympics – Taiwanese Reflections and Reactions Junwei Yu6. Sport as Public Diplomacy and Public Disquiet: Australia’s Ambivalent Embrace of the Beijing Olympics Peter Horton7. The Dish Might Be Overspiced: Fears, Doubts and Criticisms in French Perceptions of Chinese Olympic and Other Successes Thierry Terret8. Creative Tensions: ‘Join in London’ meets ‘Dancing Beijing’ – The Cultural Power of the Olympics Vassil Girginov9. Preparing to Take Credit for China’s Glory: American Perspectives on the Beijing Olympic Games Mark Dyreson10. Epilogue: Sideshow Beijing 2008 – An Absence of Euphoria beyond the Southern Clouds Kevin Caffrey

J.A.Mangan is an internationally recognised academic with a wide range of publications in the politics of sport at various analytical levels.Dong Jinxia is an expert on Chinese sport with experience as international performer, judge and academic.

• 1. Preface: Geopolitical Games: Beijing 2008 J. A. Mangan2. Prologue: Beijing 2008 – The Mixed Messages of Contemporary Chinese Nationalism Julia Lovell3. Olympic Aspirations: Chinese Women on Top – Considerations and Consequences Dong Jinxia and J. A. Mangan4. Olympian Politics in Beijing: Games, But Not Just Games Kevin Caffrey5. Dancing around the Elephant: The Beijing Olympics – Taiwanese Reflections and Reactions Junwei Yu6. Sport as Public Diplomacy and Public Disquiet: Australia’s Ambivalent Embrace of the Beijing Olympics Peter Horton7. The Dish Might Be Overspiced: Fears, Doubts and Criticisms in French Perceptions of Chinese Olympic and Other Successes Thierry Terret8. Creative Tensions: ‘Join in London’ meets ‘Dancing Beijing’ – The Cultural Power of the Olympics Vassil Girginov9. Preparing to Take Credit for China’s Glory: American Perspectives on the Beijing Olympic Games Mark Dyreson10. Epilogue: Sideshow Beijing 2008 – An Absence of Euphoria beyond the Southern Clouds Kevin Caffrey