Jonathan Brilliant is a senior Art History and Linguistics major from MillValley, CA. Taking the publicity surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a case study, John will analyze the rhetorical and aesthetic influences of Cultural Revolution propaganda on contemporary Chinese visual culture. In doing this, he will compare current posters and billboards with earlier propaganda as a means of gauging the status of the Cultural Revolution in Chinese public memory. Upon returning, he will pursue graduate work in Chinese and Art History to pursue a career in cross-cultural exchange in the arts and cultural heritage.