Table of Contents Acknowledgements Note on Conventions List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Making Sense of China’s Spectacles 2 Arriving on the World Stage 3 The Governance of China’s Networked Spectacles 4 Staging China’s Revival 5 Designing Chinese Nationalism 6 The Making of a Harmonious Utopia 7 Contested Nation Branding 8 Fractured Discourses, Idiosyncratic Interactions 9 Conclusion: The Legacy of China’s Mass Media Events List of References Glossary Index