Category Archives: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Losing money during the Olympics

Posted on 2008-02-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Nightclubs forced to close during the Olympics – not everyone is going to make money off the Games.

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Assessing Spielberg’s withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics

Posted on 2008-02-17 by Joel Martinsen

Steven Spielberg (斯皮尔伯格) backs out of the Olympics. Rose Luqiu (闾丘露薇), Han Song (韩松), and Wang Xiaoyu (王晓渔) comment.

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Politics, Beijing and the Olympic Games

Posted on 2008-01-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Daniel Beekman of The Seattle Times has posted an interview with Dr Brownell on his blog.

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CCTV Olympic fiasco

Posted on 2007-12-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

An Olympic-related scandal on the Internet about CCTV 5, featuring Hu Ziwei (胡紫薇) and Zhang Bin (张斌).

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Beijing 2008: China’s Ten Commandments for a Civilized Olympics

Posted on 2007-12-17 by Dror Poleg

With less than 8 months until the opening ceremony, Beijingers no longer need to worry about how to behave during the Olympic Games. Construction sites all over the city have been wrapped with a new advertising campaign aiming to educate … Continue reading →

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Expatriates to carry Olympic torch

Posted on 2007-09-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Foreigners who live in China are eligible to become an Olympic torchbearer candidate by applying online at this page. Part of the qualification process includes an online vote, so as well as getting a chance to carry the old Greek … Continue reading →

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Fuwa for sale

Posted on 2007-09-06 by Christian

On a wall and in a store near you With less than one year to go before the Olympic Games, sales of Olympic merchandise are apparently growing. The official mascots of the Olympics the Fuwa (formerly known as the “friendlies”) … Continue reading →

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Beijing 2008 – is anyone actually going?

Posted on 2007-08-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Access Asia newsletter for 20 August.

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Hot air from WHO

Posted on 2007-08-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From The Daily Telegraph: Olympics spectators warned over air in Beijing High levels of air pollution in Beijing could damage the health of many spectators at next years Olympic Games, a leading World Health Organisation expert has warned. Dr Michal … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing

Posted on 2007-08-07 by Robert Ness

What makes the Olympics so important to the Chinese consumer?

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