Mega-events, Local Economies, and Global Status: What Happened before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai
Mega-events such as the World Cup and the Olympics have been used for economic development, urban transformation and global status enhancement. Beijing and Shanghai embraced these purposes when they won the bids for the 2008 Olympics and the 2010 World Expo respectively. This article examines the pr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs |
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| Online Access: | http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/257 |