Tag Archives: Olympics

Ambush Youtube Olympic marketing

An Olympic video clip used for nefarious ends.

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Lunch at the Bird’s Nest

The Beijing News (新京报) features a fish kill on the front page and an insert of migrant workers at the Bird’s Nest.

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The Beijing Olympics and Media Freedom

Jocelyn Ford interviews journalists, government reps, activists, and students about the changing climate of media supervision in China.

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Mirrors of History

An essay by Geremie Barme about anti-Japan demonstrations in 2005 and nationalism.

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Author Bo Yang dies

Imagethief on Olympics stories; Han Han on patriotism; counterfeit goods in Kenya; identifying ‘the west’; a hidden plan for the DL? Bo Yang dies; John Cusack in Shanghai.

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Upcoming China-related books

Upcoming China-related books; no Olympic scalping; torch relays in North Korea and southeast Asia; Carrefour mob attacks American volunteer teacher.

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Opening of the Bird’s Nest

Reports from the opening of the Bird’s Nest.

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The Western media on China, the Olympics and Tibet

A selection of links to different voices in the much-pilloried Western media.

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First event at the Bird’s Nest

Video of inaugural event at Bird’s Nest.

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Knock-off Fuwa sighted outside Beijing

Blogger goes out for a spring stroll and encounters a strange Fuwa.

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