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Category Archives: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Sex toys for the Olympics
Fuwa Condoms (福娃安全套)
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New Coke ads
China advertising blog MadisonBoom has photos of Coca Cola’s new outdoor campaign. Translated excerpt: Coca Cola’s huge new outdoor advertising campaign launched in Beijing today with ads on bus shelters on both sides of major streets. The ads have no … Continue reading
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Showing off the real China at the Olympics
Ding Gang (丁刚) writes in Global Times (环球时报) about the real Beijing: 奥运中国 真实胜于完美.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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Armed police train for Olympic duty
Intensive training for the People’s Armed Police in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. From CCTV, August 2006.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing, Featured Video, Video
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Bashing the Olympics Logo, innit?
Do you remember all the fuss about the Beijing Olympics logo? Back in 2003, in the aftermath of SARS, after the logo was unveiled, many Chinese gave voice to their disapproval on-line, saying that it was: too much Beijing-centered (!); … Continue reading
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New York Times reveals identity of anus sign censor
The ‘most emailed’ story on the website of The New York Times is currently No Spitting on the Road to Olympic Glory, Beijing Says. The article refers to a billboard in Beijing that many native English speakers found rather charming, … Continue reading
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Mia Farrow’s “Genocide Olympics”
Mia Farrow dispenses goodwill The New York Times is crediting UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow with Beijing’s recent reversal in its stance on Darfur. Previously opposed to U.N. sanctions against the Sudan — and generally refusing to involve itself in … Continue reading
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Beijing will allow provincials into the capital for the Olympics
According to Sina.com (in Chinese), the vice-secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee says outsiders will not be prevented from coming to Beijing during the Olympics : Yesterday afternoon, the vice-secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, responsible for Olympic security … Continue reading
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A black spot on the Five Friendlies
Jingjing, the panda mascot for Beijing’s Olympics, has a black tail, unlike pandas in the wild.
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Olympic exercises, far-sighted weather forecasts, and a thug judge
Headlines from today’s papers (2006.08.09) feature a weather forecast for the 2008 Olympic Games and a Tianjin judge who beat up a Beijing lawyer.
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