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Category Archives: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Web 2.0 unites around #080808 campaign
August 8, 2008 is here and so is the latest Twitter hashtag (#tag) campaign: #080808. Twitter is a “microblogging” platform that allows users to post updates to their profiles in 140 characters or less, about the length of typical English … Continue reading
Old dictionaries and the Olympics
Yuan Shang (元尚) writes about old translations for ‘Olympics’ in the China Reading Journal (中华读书报).
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Translation
Tagged books, China Reading Journal, dictionaries, Olympics, translation, Yuan Shang
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Life in Beijing on the eve of the Olympics
Two bloggers assess Beijing’s livability during the Olympics.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Tagged Olympics, policy, Yuan Yue, Zeng Pengyu
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Olympics advice from ex-CNN journalist
Former Beijing Bureau chief Rebecca MacKinnon offers advice to foreign journalists coming to the Olympics.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Featured Video, Media, The Thomas Crampton Channel
Tagged media, Olympic, Rebecca MacKinnon, Thomas Crampton
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Three official protest zones for Olympics
Three special protest zones for uppity foreigners who want to ‘express themselves’ during the Olympics.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Tagged Beijing, Olympics, protests
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Yao Ming’s return and China’s best golf courses
Yao Ming This roundup of the past week’s sporting news is from China Sports Today. Yao Ming rejoined the Chinese national team Thursday night in a game against Serbia. The Houston Rockets center had been out with a stress fracture … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sports
Tagged Olympics, sports, Yao Ming
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No blacks or Mongolians for bars, or no sources for SCMP?
A dodgy story in the South China Morning Post.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Tagged Olympics, racism, South China Morning Post
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A court house for the Olympics
The Olympic Village People’s Court moved out of its temporary location in Yayuncun and into snazzy new digs between the Athletes’ Village and the Badaling Expressway.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Law
Tagged courts, law, Olympics
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China could have superpowers
This morning, the insightful headline story on Xinhua and the China Daily read: “Opening ceremony could be rain-free.” The article explains “the chance of rain during the opening ceremony is slimmer than reported earlier, but thunderstorms, high temperatures and muggy skies still pose a threat to the Beijing Olympics.”
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Tagged Beijing, daily show, Olympic, weather
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