The Micro, Macro, and Global Impact of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games on Beijing and China

In August 2008, Beijing hosted the Summer Games of the XXIX Olympiad. On the fifteenth anniversary of that event, this article takes a multi-dimensional approach to analyzing the impact that the Games had on the neighborhoods surrounding the venues (“micro” effects), the city and country (“macro” ef...

The International Journal of Sport and Society

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