No one will know whether Beijing is fully "ready" for the Olympics until the games begin in 36 days. As previously discussed, you can reel off your list of possible concerns -- environment, political climate, etc. And your comparable lists of reasons to... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Thu, Jul 03 2008
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Beijing Olympics Co-Host Cities Get Ready »
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Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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Olympic Music Video: We Are Ready » Shanghaiist Beijing Olympics Fan points us to this Olympic song of the moment, We Are Ready. For more Olympic music videos, click here. |
| 08 Jul 08 |
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We are ready #2! Advertisers and visas » James Fallows Previously in this exciting week-long series, here. If you go to this page of the official Beijing 2008 Olympic site, you'll see a list of the corporations from around the world that have invested most in the success of these games. The 12 companies on... |
| 07 Jul 08 |
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We are ready! A special week-long series » James Fallows I am not in Beijing this week, so I don't have much to say about the air. But on the general topic of being ready for the Olympic games, some other interesting things are turning up. For the record, two important and familiar points of context. First, no... |
| 25 May 08 |
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Security forces ready for a safe Games » Shanghai Daily ANTI-TERRORISM tops China's security tasks during the Beijing Olympics, according to a senior officer overseeing the Games' security. The People's Liberation Army, the Navy and the Air Force are ready for the... |
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