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Tag Archives: Beijing 2008
Wikileaks Cablegate on 2008 Olympics: US rats on Dutch radio avoiding IOC & Chinese censors via complex intertubes
Aftenposten’s monopoly on unleaked-by-Wikileaks-leaks went comparatively stale this weekend for American readers at least, but there was this nugget in a Beijing Olympics “Situation Report.” The last item of an August 21, 2008 diplomatic cable told how a Dutch pirate … Continue reading
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Tagged Aftenposten, Beijing 2008, Cablegate, internet, Olympics, Wikileaks
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Tiki Barber is my hero
Beware. This is going to be a rant. Today, I met with great misfortune. I watched MSNBC’s unbelievably sub-par coverage of the Olympics. Jenna Wolfe, know-nothing sports commentator extraordinaire, was recounting her favorite moments of the Games. To her, … Continue reading
If it sounds too good to be true
…it probably is. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won both the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints in world record time, something that hasn’t been done in 32 years. The Jamaican women, led by Shelly-Ann Fraser, swept the 100-meter race. Today another Jamaican … Continue reading
Thank you Mr. President for all you do
Isn’t it vaguely jarring when someone is asked publicly what would be their fondest wish, and they don’t say “world peace?” I feel that way about athletes and celebrities in these times of great conflict. They could say Impeach Bush, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertizing, Beach Volleyball, Beijing, Beijing 2008, Cheerleaders, George W. Bush, Health, Interrogation, McDonalds, Media, Mexico, Olympics, Propaganda, Sport
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Mozambique by AK-47, book and hoe
This is a detail from the national flag of Mozambique. What a refreshing update on the tools of people power. Lenin’s workers of the world needed hammer and sickle. In Mozambique it takes book, hoe and Kalashnikov. Education, agriculture, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, AK-47, Beijing 2008, Flags, Kalashnikov, Mozambique
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Marie spotted at Birds Nest Stadium
Extrapolating from her photos, TimTim’s snapshot, (and Marie’s confirmation), Marie is seated at two o’clock in this picture.
Artemev head shoulders and legs above
Did you miss this spectacular moment in men’s gymnastics? It was the last round on the pommel horse. Team USA was going for silver, the Japanese were already looking dejected about being left the bronze. The three Americans sent to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing 2008, Gymnastics, Japan, Jordan, Olympics, Sasha Artemev, Sport
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102 Olympic medals for white swimmers
Michael Phelps his poised to beat Mark Spitz’s record for medals won in a single Olympics. Does it say something that both are swimmers? Maybe there are too many swimming events? You don’t find 1/2 length, or 1/4 length fencing … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Beijing, Beijing 2008, Cuba, Michael Phelps, Olympics, Swimming
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On the tea-horse road to Tibet
Lady, lady, I take you today. No ticket! No tourist! I’m standing in the town square reviewing my inventory of polite rejections when, lo and behold, my rogue sense of intuition wrests its way to the forefront and I hear … Continue reading
A fan of McDonald’s
BEIJING- Could there be a more offensive marketing campaign than this one? McDonald’s has taken a revered Chinese symbol and turned it into a corporate billboard. Beijing 2008 brought to you by an American fast food chain. In the “open-24/7!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Beijing 2008, Capitalism, China, Marketing, Olympics
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Is Bush problem drinking still a secret?
We learned only after Roosevelt’s presidency that he had to be propped-up for photo-ops because FDR was otherwise confined to a wheelchair. The American public learned only after Ronald Reagan retired that he suffered from Alzhemers for most of his … Continue reading
Tibet activist manually ejected in HK
With Marie’s focus South in Yunnan Province, we redirect your attention to the Olympic equestrian venues, held in Hong Kong for reasons of disease control. This photograph of Chinese security ejecting Tibet activist Christina Chan may be gratuitous.
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Tagged Beijing 2008, China, Christina Chan, Hong Kong, Olympics, Protest, Tibet
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Finding respite in Beijing’s hutongs
BEIJING- Since I arrived in China I’ve made it my mission to avoid Westerners. Hitting the Beijing historical sites a week before the Games, then traveling by overnight train to Xi’an (three Chinese and me in a tiny cubicle with … Continue reading
Opening ceremonies of Beijing Olympics star humanity in his own flea circus
Can you remember an Olympic Games opening ceremony that was not spectacular? Suffice it to say Beijing was the biggest, befitting the world’s most populous nation. “Awesome” provides perfectly qualified praise. I have to say this spectacle invoked colossal horror … Continue reading
Who should cast stones at the Chinese?
Activist hung this FREE TIBET banner in Beijing. To whom is it addressed? It’s in English. I’ll say it again. I would leave criticism of the Chinese over Darfur, Burma and Tibet, to advocates with some moral authority. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged Africa, Beijing, Beijing 2008, Burma, China, Darfur, genocide, Media, Protest, Sudan, Tibet, War on Islam
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Buses and taxis and persons, oh my!
But at the end of the day, fengedy fengedy feng feng shui!
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Tagged Beijing, Beijing 2008, China, Olympics, Sport, transportation
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Before China’s 8-8-8 was Burma’s 8888
The superlatives were flying at the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Hyperbowl: it was China’s defining moment of the modern age, on, the newscasters said, “eight eight of o’ eight.” But before 888 in Beijing was August 8 of 1988 … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing 2008, Burma, China, History, Massacre, Olympics, Repression
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China on display!
BEIJING–Turn on the television and watch the Opening Ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics! By all accounts, it was the most elegant and artistic opening ever. With 5000 years of recorded history, China had a lot more to showcase than most … Continue reading
Let the Games begin!
BEIJING- I’ve run myself ragged over the past five days trying to get a sense of China as she gears up for the Debutante Ball, and so far I have a pocket full of threads awaiting a tapestry. I must … Continue reading
Beijing extracurricular Olympic schedule
I have a last-minute, refocused interest in a safe and not-too-disrupted Beijing Olympics. It’s already been unofficially eventful. Here’s a time line of the counter-Olympics leading-up to the Opening Ceremonies. The Gazette is in Beijing. So are we! OC -5: … Continue reading
China’s Olympic image makeover redux
I replaced the dancing figure in China’s Olympic emblem with the red motorcycle crushed by tanks at the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The heavy red outline around the figure above the official Beijing 2008 logo resembles a Chinese written character, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Beijing 2008, Burma, China, Massacre, Olympics, Tiananmen, Tibet
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