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Tag Archives: Olympic
London 2012: Backwards walking
A 7-second video of an unusual form of morning exercise spotted on the way up to the Peak in Hong Kong.
Posted in The Thomas Crampton Channel
Tagged Hong Kong, London, Olympic
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Night time phone call
A girl uses the phone at a local convenience store, stretching the cord to step outside for some privacy.
Posted in Olympic Nights
Tagged Olympic, Olympic nights, Phone
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Chinese chess by streetlight
Lydia Wallace will be posting nightly photos shot after sunset during the Olympics. After dark, men still gather under streetlights to watch and debating Chinese chess games. It seems there are bits of Beijing life unaltered by the Olympics.
Posted in Olympic Nights
Tagged Chess, nightlife, Olympic
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Li Ning lights China’s Olympic flame
Chinese retailer Li Ning (李宁) is the biggest winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics so far, after its founder and chairman – whose name the company bears – lit the cauldron at the final act of last night’s opening ceremony.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Advertising and Marketing, Beijing, Business, Intellectual Property, IP and Law, Media and Advertising, Public Relations
Tagged cauldron, Li Ning, Olympic
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Lakeside stroll and Communist propaganda souvenirs
Lydia Wallace will be posting nightly photos shot after sunset during the Olympics.
Posted in Olympic Nights
Tagged Beijing, Houhai, nightlife, Olympic, photographs
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Wen Jiabao shoots hoops
Today’s Henan Business Daily prints a photo of the handsome premier playing basketball.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged baseball, basketball, Henan Business Daily, Olympic, Wenjiabao
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Olympic baby boom
Information Times (信息时报): Some expectant mothers in Guangzhou are asking their doctors to rearrange the delivery date for their babies to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games on August 8.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged birth control, Guangzhou, Olympic
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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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Olympic pinhead in Guangzhou
Information Times (信息时报): An Olympic-spirited acupuncturist showing off his spectacular skill in downtown Guangzhou.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged acupuncture, Olympic
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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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