The quiet geometries of this Chinese-American architect make him an unfashionable but deserving recipient of RIBA's architecture awardIM Pei, the 92-year-old Chinese-American architect named yesterday as the recipient of the 2010 Royal Gold Medal for... ...full story at Guardian Unlimited
from Guardian Unlimited on Wed, Oct 07 2009
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Card Sharks: How Much Gold is in a Gold Medal? »
YouTube video If your friend is going to Beijing and trying to win that Olympic Gold and sell it off at $1,000 an ounce, you might want to tell them how much gold is really in a Gold Medal, This is from 1988 in time for those Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. |
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The American who missed the target but found love » Countdown to Beijing Matt Emmons lost a gold medal with an ill-timed lapse in concentration on his very last shot at the 2004 Olympics yet won a bigger prize a few moments later when his future wife started chatting him up. The American was one shot from a gold medal in the... |
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China: Only Gold Medal Matters? » Global Voices Luqiu Luwei from my1510 criticizes the Chinese mainstream media for giving too much attention to the gold medal winners as if other medal winners or participants haven't been performing good enough to be proud of. |
| 29 Aug 08 |
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China: The Cost of a Gold Medal » Global Voices Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million). |
| 09 Aug 08 |
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Weightlifter Chen wins China's first gold » Shanghaiist The honors of the first gold medal of these Olympics went to the Czech Republic, when Katerina Emmons won the women's 10-meter air rifle competition. China's hope in that event, Du Li, did not medal. Weightlifter Chen Xiexia was the first to win gold... |
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When architecture encounters fire » Danwei Abitare prints a discussion between architect Liang Jingyu and architecture critic Fang Zhenning about the TVCC fire, translated by the magazine: Mr.Liang: I'd like to make some complements on the meaning of this topic. In the western society, the CCTV... |
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