Tag Archives: Olympics

The Digital Building

Photos of the Digital Building in Beijing.

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Smoking ban for Beijing?

A smoking ban for Beijing. But can it really happen?

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Tom Doctoroff: Don’t boycott the Olympics

An article by Tom Doctoroff agrguiing against an Olympic boycott.

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Danwei Picks: More thoughts on China’s movie troubles

Olympics are political; SF writers on Clarke; Chinese film faces difficulties; old Tibetans; Iraq deaths; Taiwan elections; Synagogue in Shanghai.

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Ah, the innocence

A clip from Sam Voutas’ documentary The Last Breadbox that shows the city-wide celebrations that erupted on July 13th, 2001 after Beijing was announced as the host city for the 2008 Olympics.

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Cub Scout splittists

Why were Cub Scouts prevented from taking to the field after a baseball game last weekend?

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Danwei Picks: Construction dust and building materials

Substandard steel used in construction; Beijing to ban construction for the Olympics; Xinhua tiptoes around the Premier; Rule 1: no talking about the South China Tiger case.

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Danwei Picks: The disappearing news story

Was it terrorism? And the Olympics?; Africa Town in Guangzhou; Louise Blouin MacBain; Ang Lee protests the Tang Wei blackout; Hu in a Mao suit.

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Danwei Picks: The Olympics stole my game!

Sohu puts Fuwa in a stolen flash game; what if Vietnam conquered China; Ministry of Culture vs. Bjork; Bankrupt Nanjie Village.

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Lighting up the Bird’s Nest

The First (竞报) features the red theme neon lights of the Bird’s Nest (鸟巢, the National Stadium) in Beijing.

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