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A tale of two stadiums

This weekend, Beijing inaugurated the new Bird’s Nest Stadium with the “Good Luck Beijing” track and field event. I attended less than 24 hours after covering the earthquake in Sichuan, and the contrast between sports and rubble was a... ...full story at Countdown to Beijing

from Countdown to Beijing on Wed, May 28 2008

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25 Aug 08		Hybrid in Beijing » YouTube videoTeam Hybrid at the Track & Field event in the Bird Nest @ Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
25 May 08		'Good Luck Beijing' » James Fallows The finals of the Good Luck Beijing 2008 track and field event, this evening at the "Bird's Nest" stadium that will be the center of the Olympic Games, was on the whole a promising omen on the "is Beijing ready?" front concerning the Olympics. On the...
18 Aug 08		Liu Xiang: the end of an Olympic dream » Countdown to Beijing “Well that’s it,” a journalist friend said when he phoned me at the Bird’s Nest a couple of hours after Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Beijing Olympics. “We might as well pack our backs and go home.” We won’t, o...
03 Aug 08		From vegetable field to bird’s nest: witnessing the birth of the national stadium in Beijing » Blogging For China Many of you perhaps have already seen the stunning computer rendered image, shown above, of the national stadium, better known as the bird’s nest. But do you wonder what it looks like during the seven years of building? Recently, an amateur...
09 Aug 08		The Fashion Olympics » China Journal The crowd at the Bird’s Nest stadium might have loved the opening ceremony, but many will tell you they couldn’t stand the Chinese team’s red-and-yellow suits. Dubbed the “tomato-and-scrambled-egg uniform” after a local dish,...
08 Aug 08		The big day arrives: Beijing abuzz ahead of Games opening » Countdown to Beijing The big day has finally arrived. Seven years on from the decision to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics the Games are set to begin with a “big bang” at the opening ceremony at the Bird’s Nest. I’ve only been in Beijing a week...

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