Screen LibraryBeijing welcomes you：unveiling the capital city of the future
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Riverhead Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 370 p.: maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781594487842 1594487847 |
| Index Number: | K928 |
| CLC: | K928.91 |
| Call Number: | K928.91/S421 |
| Contents: |
"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso. Capital. Walls -- Alley -- Tear down -- Fog. Authorities -- Fuwa -- Weather -- Good luck. Birth -- Permit -- Get ready -- Welcome. Inside -- Progress -- Clear sky -- Fireworks. New year -- Opposition -- Forest -- Go, China!. Arise -- Public security -- Cheerleaders -- Countdown. Scorpions -- Tidy up -- 8/8 -- Opened. Competition -- Gold medals -- The artist -- Triumph. Achilles -- One world -- Public relations -- Going home. Liftoff -- On the road -- Memory. A portrait of contemporary Beijing evaluates its role as a defining city in a China that has become an ascendant global power, drawing on the author's visit to the region prior to the 2008 Olympics, where he interviewed scientists, developers, and policyplanners charged with transforming the city. |