“The Olympic Torch Burns, and Great Suspicion Blazes” – China Narratives in the German Media during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 2008 „Das olympische Feuer brennt. Und mit ihm lodert das Misstrauen“ – Die Chinaberichterstattung während der Olympischen Sommerspiele in Beijing 2008

This paper focuses on the description of China in leading German daily and weekly newspapers during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On the basis of a brief outline of the main China narratives in German media since the 1950s, this paper analyses China-related articles which were published durin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael Poerner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-04-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Subjects:
70
Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/17