San Francisco / Paris / Tokyo / Olympiad / New York / Sydney / Athens / Cambridge / Beijing / London / /
Company
Sanlian Life Weekly / Pluto Press / CNN / Contemporary China / Olympus / Harvard University Press / Merlin Press / Beijing Zijin Cheng Film Company / Stanford University Press / /
Country
North Korea / China / Taiwan / Greece / / /
Event
Person Travel / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Nanjing University of Technology / Tiananmen Square / Drum Tower / Art Gallery / British Museum / West Beijing Railway Station / the Parthenon / Bird’s Nest National Stadium / Peking University / The Australian National University / /
Holiday
spring festival / /
IndustryTerm
electronic media / media ferocity / online version / high-tech industries / communications networks / media exploitation / media bias / mass media / official media / /
Organization
Beijing Cultural Bureau / International Olympic Committee / Central Party / Peking University / Chinese Studies Association of Australia / Shrinking Society / Australian National University / Qing court / Liberation Army / Harvard University / General Logistics Department / Chinese Embassy in Belgrade / Nanjing University / Federal Government / Olympics Sports Centre / Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies / Stanford University / Communist Party / Dance Ensemble of the East / Stanford / /
Person
Chen Weiya / Bei Dao / Gloria Davies / See Geremie Barmé / Thomas Bruce / Zhu Rongji / Lois Conner / Mary C. Wright / José Carreras / Wang Yeping / Jiang Zemin / Hu Jintao / Deng Xiaoping / James / Sun Yupeng / Song Zuying / Ghassan Hage / David Hawkes / Cheng Yanwen / Liu Yongqing / Luciano Pavarotti / Yang Ruichun / Pan Gongpei / John Minford / Zhang Ying / Cai Guoqiang / Sang Ye / Wang Hongliang / Qin Shihuang / Wang Xiaodong / Xia Chen / Plácido Domingo / Anthony Lane / Ihara Hiro / /
Position
deputy minister / Secretary and President / director of the Song / secretary / head / deputy chief / professor / minister and poet / general manager / poet / Emperor / commentator / becoming director / internationally renowned artist / singer / General Designer / artistic director / General Secretary / General Secretary and President of China / head of the countdown and drumming team / /
ProgrammingLanguage
php / /
ProvinceOrState
Daxing / Fujian / Qian Men / /
PublishedMedium
The New Yorker / Southern Weekend / The Beijing News / China Daily / the Parthenon / /
Region
southern China / East Asia / /
SportsEvent
the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games / the 1936 Berlin Olympics / Olympics / the 2004 Athens Games / the 2008 Olympics / the Beijing Olympics / the Olympics / /
64 China’s Flat Earth: History and 8 August 2008* Geremie R. Barmé ABSTRACT The opening ceremony of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing was