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Play and Power in Chinese Nightlife Spaces / Farrer, James

Farrer, James	Journal Article
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2008.

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Nightlife" has reemerged in China since the "opening and reform policies" of 1978. Genres of contemporary Chinese nightlife include bars, dance clubs, karaoke clubs and saunas, all of which have been influenced by transnational flows of investments, ideas and people. Nightlife is an important space for the study of Chinese social stratification and the study of sexual subcultures in Chinese cities. Nightlife is thus an area in which we can study the transnational processes of cultural change in China, while examining the possibilities of individual agency, resistance and creativity within these organising structures

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China ; Social Aspects ; Consumption ; Nightclubs - China

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Politics of sports anti-doping in China: crisis, governance and international compliance / Yang, Dali L; Leung, Alan

Yang, Dali L	Journal Article
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2008.

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The rise of China has sparked much debate about whether it will be a status quo power or a spoiler. This article examines China's compliance with international rules and norms governing doping in sports. In the 1990s China was at the centre of a series of high-profile doping scandals in the sports world and caused much distress to the international sports regulatory regime. Has the Chinese Government succeeded in cleaning up its international sports or have Chinese athletes become more sophisticated at evading detection? This study concludes that international pressure has prompted the Chinese Government to escalate efforts to curb doping in sports. It offers a unique window on China's governance and its compliance with international rules and norms

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China ; China - Foreign Relations ; Doping in Sports - Law and Legislation ; Sports and State

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