Tag Archives: Olympics

China’s Zheng Jie in Wimbledon semi finals

Sports roundup: Zheng Jie makes it to Wimbledon semi finals.

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GPS toilet maps for Beijing

Visas, camera equipment for foreign news crews, tickets to Olympic events: who needs ’em? The People’s Daily rightly puts the focus on the true needs of Olympic visitors: GPS-enabled maps of the capital’s public lavatories.

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Zhao Bandi: art, fashion and carpetbagging

Zhao Bandi is still making a fuss about panda bears, and now he is also going after Hollywood.

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CNN bureau chief offers his place in Olympic torch relay

CNN’s Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz was scheduled to take part in the Olympic torch relay in Beijing on August 6. He explained his decision to Danwei earlier today.

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CBC gets permission to broadcast live from Tian’anmen

A roundup of the week’s sporting news from China.

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100,000 yuan fine for uploading Olympic videos?

On June 12, Xu Chao, deputy director of the General National Copyright Administration of China, said that individual and websites will face fines as high as 100,000 yuan for recording or uploading

Olympic Games video to the internet.

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Workers book launch this Friday

British artist Helen Couchman will be launching her new book–Workers 工人–at the Beijing Bookworm on Thursday night at 7:30 pm.

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African traders in China, Chinese entrepreneurs in Africa

Africans doing buisiness in Guangzhou; Tudou founder in Tanzania; hip-hop group In Three; Olympic ticket problems; Texan journalists in China; airport shake-up; Taiwan vs. China, Olympic-style

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No dogs or foreigners?

A sign forbidding foreigners from entry.

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Hu Jia out of running for Olympic gold

A roundup of the last week’s sports news from China.

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