China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives, 2017
This book explores the forces that impelled China, the world’s largest socialist state, to make m... more This book explores the forces that impelled China, the world’s largest socialist state, to make massive changes in its domestic and international stance during the long 1970s. Fourteen distinguished scholars investigate the special, perhaps crucial part that the territory of Hong Kong played in encouraging and midwifing China’s relationship with the non-Communist world. The Long 1970s were the years when China moved dramatically and decisively toward much closer relations with the non-Communist world. In the late 1970s, China also embarked on major economic reforms, designed to win it great power status by the early twenty-first centuries. The volume addresses the long-term implications of China’s choices for the outcome of the Cold War and in steering the global international outlook toward free-market capitalism. Decisions made in the 1970s are key to understanding the nature and policies of the Chinese state today and the worldview of current Chinese leaders.
“By gathering a group of both eminent and promising young scholars, this volume edited by Priscilla Roberts and Odd Arne Westad presents a series of fresh perspectives and revealing studies on why and how developments in Chinese politics, economy, society, culture, and international relations in the critical yet paradoxical “Long 1970s” had led to China’s embrace of the Reform and Opening-up Project, bringing about profound transformations to China as well as the larger world.” (Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai; Hu Shih Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA)
“The “long 1970s” – a period of near “existential crisis” in the West and real anguish and transformative change in China. This original volume considers these two inter-related historical processes in the watershed of the late 20th century. The death of Mao, Deng Xiaoping’s rise and second revolution, and bewildering changes domestically and in international affairs transformed China. China and the world have not been the same since. These excellent studies open a new field of investigation in China studies.” (Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University, USA, author “Fateful Times: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China” (2015))
I regret to say that this book is not available in China, thanks to Springer Nature/ Palgrave Macmillan's exceptionally broadbrush censorship of its publications for the China market. It was one of the more than 100,000 items ("less than 1 percent" of their content) that were blocked in Springer's China offerings. It is also a book worth reading!
Guoqi Xu, Buffet Charlie. La représentation nationale de la Chine et la question des deux Chine d... more Guoqi Xu, Buffet Charlie. La représentation nationale de la Chine et la question des deux Chine dans le mouvement olympique. In: Perspectives chinoises, n°102, 2008. pp. 19-29
This chapter examines how the Olympic Games have become vehicles for expressing Chinese nationali... more This chapter examines how the Olympic Games have become vehicles for expressing Chinese nationalism and internationalism. It emphasizes that sports in China not only serve as agents of social change, but they bring international recognition, political prestige, and a sense of legitimacy to the Chinese state. By examining the history of the Olympic Games in China, one can understand how the Chinese, especially members of the elite, develop their understanding of nation, nationalism, internationalism, and national identity. Moreover, the study of the modern Olympics in China can help us better understand the changes and continuities in modern China and provide a clear reference point for us to discern the shared experiences of China and the rest of the world. The advent of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 coincided with China's search for internationalization and a new national identity. Keywords:China; internationalism; internationalization; nationalism; Olympic Games
Cet article, a travers l’etude du cas de la participation de Pekin aux jeux Olympiques de 1952 a ... more Cet article, a travers l’etude du cas de la participation de Pekin aux jeux Olympiques de 1952 a Helsinki, offre une analyse historique cruciale pour comprendre l’actuelle obsession olympique de la Chine et le conflit toujours actif entre Pekin et Taipei sur la question de la representation nationale. Il demontre que tant la forte campagne menee par Pekin pour obtenir les Jeux de 2008 que le debat sur la question de savoir qui doit ou ne doit pas representer la Chine ne sont pas nouveaux et prennent leurs racines dans les controverses passees.
This chapter examines how the People’s Republic of China reimagined and repositioned itself in in... more This chapter examines how the People’s Republic of China reimagined and repositioned itself in international politics from 1969 to 1980. Drawing on recently declassified documents, it argues that Beijing creatively and successfully used sports initiatives to insert itself into international politics as an important member of the global political community. As the decade began, Beijing used ping-pong diplomacy to initiate a breakthrough with the United States and other western countries. Both China’s active role in boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games and its prominent participation in the 1984 Los Angeles Games helped to win Beijing friends and influence in Washington and on the international stage. This chapter seeks to use sports as a lens through which to reevaluate the international history of China with the rest of the world.
The United States has affected China's Olympic dreams in some important ways. China's Oly... more The United States has affected China's Olympic dreams in some important ways. China's Olympic journey had often gone through its American route. This paper will examine several major events in which the United States played obvious or hidden roles. The purpose of this paper is to use the Olympics as a reference point to study two countries' shared history and the United States' connection in China's internationalization. The YMCA's American Hands and China's Olympic Dreams In 1907-1908, some Chinese people started to ask the question when would China be able to invite the world to come to Beijing for an Olympic Games? The Chinese Olympic dream had clear links with the Young Men's Christian Association, especially YMCA's American officials' involvement. To understand Chinese Olympic Dream and the American role in it, we have to explain what happened in 1895. year 1895 was a major turning point in modern China. That was the year that China was d...
China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives, 2017
This book explores the forces that impelled China, the world’s largest socialist state, to make m... more This book explores the forces that impelled China, the world’s largest socialist state, to make massive changes in its domestic and international stance during the long 1970s. Fourteen distinguished scholars investigate the special, perhaps crucial part that the territory of Hong Kong played in encouraging and midwifing China’s relationship with the non-Communist world. The Long 1970s were the years when China moved dramatically and decisively toward much closer relations with the non-Communist world. In the late 1970s, China also embarked on major economic reforms, designed to win it great power status by the early twenty-first centuries. The volume addresses the long-term implications of China’s choices for the outcome of the Cold War and in steering the global international outlook toward free-market capitalism. Decisions made in the 1970s are key to understanding the nature and policies of the Chinese state today and the worldview of current Chinese leaders.
“By gathering a group of both eminent and promising young scholars, this volume edited by Priscilla Roberts and Odd Arne Westad presents a series of fresh perspectives and revealing studies on why and how developments in Chinese politics, economy, society, culture, and international relations in the critical yet paradoxical “Long 1970s” had led to China’s embrace of the Reform and Opening-up Project, bringing about profound transformations to China as well as the larger world.” (Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai; Hu Shih Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA)
“The “long 1970s” – a period of near “existential crisis” in the West and real anguish and transformative change in China. This original volume considers these two inter-related historical processes in the watershed of the late 20th century. The death of Mao, Deng Xiaoping’s rise and second revolution, and bewildering changes domestically and in international affairs transformed China. China and the world have not been the same since. These excellent studies open a new field of investigation in China studies.” (Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University, USA, author “Fateful Times: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China” (2015))
I regret to say that this book is not available in China, thanks to Springer Nature/ Palgrave Macmillan's exceptionally broadbrush censorship of its publications for the China market. It was one of the more than 100,000 items ("less than 1 percent" of their content) that were blocked in Springer's China offerings. It is also a book worth reading!
Guoqi Xu, Buffet Charlie. La représentation nationale de la Chine et la question des deux Chine d... more Guoqi Xu, Buffet Charlie. La représentation nationale de la Chine et la question des deux Chine dans le mouvement olympique. In: Perspectives chinoises, n°102, 2008. pp. 19-29
This chapter examines how the Olympic Games have become vehicles for expressing Chinese nationali... more This chapter examines how the Olympic Games have become vehicles for expressing Chinese nationalism and internationalism. It emphasizes that sports in China not only serve as agents of social change, but they bring international recognition, political prestige, and a sense of legitimacy to the Chinese state. By examining the history of the Olympic Games in China, one can understand how the Chinese, especially members of the elite, develop their understanding of nation, nationalism, internationalism, and national identity. Moreover, the study of the modern Olympics in China can help us better understand the changes and continuities in modern China and provide a clear reference point for us to discern the shared experiences of China and the rest of the world. The advent of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 coincided with China's search for internationalization and a new national identity. Keywords:China; internationalism; internationalization; nationalism; Olympic Games
Cet article, a travers l’etude du cas de la participation de Pekin aux jeux Olympiques de 1952 a ... more Cet article, a travers l’etude du cas de la participation de Pekin aux jeux Olympiques de 1952 a Helsinki, offre une analyse historique cruciale pour comprendre l’actuelle obsession olympique de la Chine et le conflit toujours actif entre Pekin et Taipei sur la question de la representation nationale. Il demontre que tant la forte campagne menee par Pekin pour obtenir les Jeux de 2008 que le debat sur la question de savoir qui doit ou ne doit pas representer la Chine ne sont pas nouveaux et prennent leurs racines dans les controverses passees.
This chapter examines how the People’s Republic of China reimagined and repositioned itself in in... more This chapter examines how the People’s Republic of China reimagined and repositioned itself in international politics from 1969 to 1980. Drawing on recently declassified documents, it argues that Beijing creatively and successfully used sports initiatives to insert itself into international politics as an important member of the global political community. As the decade began, Beijing used ping-pong diplomacy to initiate a breakthrough with the United States and other western countries. Both China’s active role in boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games and its prominent participation in the 1984 Los Angeles Games helped to win Beijing friends and influence in Washington and on the international stage. This chapter seeks to use sports as a lens through which to reevaluate the international history of China with the rest of the world.
The United States has affected China's Olympic dreams in some important ways. China's Oly... more The United States has affected China's Olympic dreams in some important ways. China's Olympic journey had often gone through its American route. This paper will examine several major events in which the United States played obvious or hidden roles. The purpose of this paper is to use the Olympics as a reference point to study two countries' shared history and the United States' connection in China's internationalization. The YMCA's American Hands and China's Olympic Dreams In 1907-1908, some Chinese people started to ask the question when would China be able to invite the world to come to Beijing for an Olympic Games? The Chinese Olympic dream had clear links with the Young Men's Christian Association, especially YMCA's American officials' involvement. To understand Chinese Olympic Dream and the American role in it, we have to explain what happened in 1895. year 1895 was a major turning point in modern China. That was the year that China was d...
ALTHOUGH the First World War took place almost a century ago, it has Continued to absorb scholars... more ALTHOUGH the First World War took place almost a century ago, it has Continued to absorb scholars, and historians have constantly rewritten its history. The war has been studied from every possible perspective, Jncluding its wider significance as well as particular themes and incidents. We can easily find一日ne works on broad issues such as the war's impact on American society;2 the generational issue and the war in Europe. The period of the war symbolized, according to Henry May, the “ end of innocence" in the United States,4 and the “ end of an era" in Spain. A
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“By gathering a group of both eminent and promising young scholars, this volume edited by Priscilla Roberts and Odd Arne Westad presents a series of fresh perspectives and revealing studies on why and how developments in Chinese politics, economy, society, culture, and international relations in the critical yet paradoxical “Long 1970s” had led to China’s embrace of the Reform and Opening-up Project, bringing about profound transformations to China as well as the larger world.” (Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai; Hu Shih Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA)
“The “long 1970s” – a period of near “existential crisis” in the West and real anguish and transformative change in China. This original volume considers these two inter-related historical processes in the watershed of the late 20th century. The death of Mao, Deng Xiaoping’s rise and second revolution, and bewildering changes domestically and in international affairs transformed China. China and the world have not been the same since. These excellent studies open a new field of investigation in China studies.” (Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University, USA, author “Fateful Times: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China” (2015))
I regret to say that this book is not available in China, thanks to Springer Nature/ Palgrave Macmillan's exceptionally broadbrush censorship of its publications for the China market. It was one of the more than 100,000 items ("less than 1 percent" of their content) that were blocked in Springer's China offerings. It is also a book worth reading!
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“By gathering a group of both eminent and promising young scholars, this volume edited by Priscilla Roberts and Odd Arne Westad presents a series of fresh perspectives and revealing studies on why and how developments in Chinese politics, economy, society, culture, and international relations in the critical yet paradoxical “Long 1970s” had led to China’s embrace of the Reform and Opening-up Project, bringing about profound transformations to China as well as the larger world.” (Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai; Hu Shih Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA)
“The “long 1970s” – a period of near “existential crisis” in the West and real anguish and transformative change in China. This original volume considers these two inter-related historical processes in the watershed of the late 20th century. The death of Mao, Deng Xiaoping’s rise and second revolution, and bewildering changes domestically and in international affairs transformed China. China and the world have not been the same since. These excellent studies open a new field of investigation in China studies.” (Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University, USA, author “Fateful Times: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China” (2015))
I regret to say that this book is not available in China, thanks to Springer Nature/ Palgrave Macmillan's exceptionally broadbrush censorship of its publications for the China market. It was one of the more than 100,000 items ("less than 1 percent" of their content) that were blocked in Springer's China offerings. It is also a book worth reading!