An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 2

Preface.- She Enjoys Idioms and Fables.- Interview with Miss Li Lin 's Mother and Li Lin.- Interview with Li Lin 's Teacher.- Observation of Li Lin at the Sunshine Home.- Experienced Employee of an Office Supply Company.- Interview with Mr. Guojun Zhang's Mother.- Interview with Colleague of Guojun Zhang ( ).-Interview with Guojun Zhang.- Observation of Guojun Zhang at Work.- Personal Experiences of Social Progress.- Personal Experiences of Social Progress.- Out-of-school Child Entering Sports Field.- Observation of Dan Cao at the Sunshine Home.- A Square Dancing Celebrity.- Observation of Mr. LZ at the Sunshine Home.- Down Syndrome Boy Loving History Books.- Observation of Wei Yang at the Sunshine Home.- Observation of Xiaodong Yu at the Sunshine Home.- A Telephone Operator at a Sunshine Workshop.- Great Expectations, Now That My Special Olympics Hero Got His Own Daughter.- Observation of Miss F at School

William P. Alford is Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law School where he also serves as Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, Director of East Asian Legal Studies and Chair of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. A scholar of Chinese law and society, his books include To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization (Stanford 1995); Raising the Bar: The Emerging Legal Profession in East Asia (Harvard 2007), Can ji ren fa lu bao zhang ji zhi yan jiu (A Study of Legal Mechanisms to Protect Persons with Disabilities) (Huaxia 2008, with Wang Liming and Ma Yu'er, in Chinese), Prospects for the Professions in China (Routledge 2011, with William Kirby and Kenneth Winston) and Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation (Springer 2019, with Jerome A. Cohen and Chang-Fa Lo). In addition, he has published dozens of articles concerning China, law and international affairs. Professor Alford's work has been recognized with an honorary doctorate by the University of Geneva in 2010 and honorary professorships at Renmin University of China and Zhejiang University. He is also the recipient of the inaugural O'Melveny & Myers Centennial Award, the Kluwer China Prize, a Qatar Pearls of Praise Award, an Abe (Japan) Fellowship, the Harvard Law School Alumni Association Award, an award from Special Olympics International recognizing his work on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, and several other fellowships and honors. He is a graduate of Amherst College (B.A.), the University of Cambridge (LL.B.), Yale University (M.A. in History and M.A. in Chinese Studies) and Harvard Law School (J.D.).