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There may be no better window on the complexity of China’s postmodern era (houxin shiqi) than that offered by its two successive bids (1993 and 2001) to host the International Olympic Games. Long before the international media frenzy and national...

No Asian athletes competed in Athens when the Olympic Games were revived in 1896, but an Indian athlete and an Iranian athlete may have competed at the second modern Olympic Games in Paris in 1900. In 1908, Turkey's Selim Sirry Bey became the...

Among the most potent of popular culture heroes is the athlete. Throughout history, the athlete has frequently been said to symbolize the best of an individual culture, as a uniquely human manifestation of beauty, valor, and physical prowess. Over the...

The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics or The Games[1]) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad[2]). Until...

A Chinese Olympic official said yesterday that he doesn't think there will be boycotts of the next two Summer Olympic Games if Beijing wins the 2000 Olympics, but he is angry that U.S. legislators are mobilizing against the bid. Asked about the possibility...

Has David D'Alessandro gone too far this time? Not far enough, if you listen for long to the guy who won't let up on the International Olympic Committee and "the code of secrecy" that surrounds it. "There are a lot of guys trying...

A leading IOC official complained that political groups are using the 2008 Beijing Games as a platform for protests against China's government, and insisted that the games are "a force for good."Hein Verbruggen, the International Olympic Committee member overseeing Beijing's preparations, said that "all-too-often-unrealistic expectations"...

This paper analyzes the political aspects of the Olympics in the 20th century.

This a comparative analysis of modern and ancient Olympics. Differences include the fact that in the ancient Olympics, participation was limited to men born in Greece, whereas today, women compete and the Olympics are a global event.

Major sporting events, especially the Olympics, benefit local, regional and national economies because of improvements to the city's infrastructure and increased tourism and the related job growth.