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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Lakeside stroll and Communist propaganda souvenirs

Lydia Wallace will be posting nightly photos shot after sunset during the Olympics.

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Wen Jiabao shoots hoops

Today’s Henan Business Daily prints a photo of the handsome premier playing basketball.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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