Tag Archives: Olympics

Chinese-Canadian fencer applauded for displaying “patrotic” banner

Luan Jujie, a Chinese-Canadian fencer, was cheered by the Chinese media for displaying a ‘patriotic’ banner.

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Is there a place for Mao in the Olympics?

Mao gets the Olympics treatment.

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Olympic gold winner stamp released

All the newspapers nationwide give heavy coverage on the Olympic Games. As a result, sports news dominate the front pages today.

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Athlete blogs at the Beijing Olympics

A wide range of athletes are blogging the Olympics. Here’s a growing list as we find them.

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Don’t write the same old stories

Editor of Stories magazine (故事会) tells writers what sort of topics they shouldn’t write about.

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Olympic Danwei

New content on Danwei for the Olympics: video, media timeline,

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Red letter day

Newspapers have colorful front pages and ad inserts at the opening day of the Olympics. Southland Metropolis Daily (南国都市报) is one example.

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Web 2.0 unites around #080808 campaign

August 8, 2008 is here and so is the latest Twitter hashtag (#tag) campaign: #080808. Twitter is a “microblogging” platform that allows users to post updates to their profiles in 140 characters or less, about the length of typical English … Continue reading →

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Shandong electricity cuts to power the Olympics

Yantai Evening News (烟台晚报): China’s Shandong Province is struggling with an electricity crunch which is the “worst in 15 years”.

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Helicopters over Beijing

A new sound and sight in Beijing: helicopters.

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