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More on the Beijing bar ban confusion

by Dedric Lam Tom Miller of the SCMP has been the center of many heated online discussions of late as a result of his article last Friday on bar owners in Sanlitun being asked to deny service to black patrons. What looked like an attempt to add... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Mon, Jul 21 2008

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18 Jul 08 visit Report: Beijing bars told to ban black people during Olympics  »  Shanghaiist by Dedric Lam In a couple of weeks Beijing will turn into a party town and Sanlitun is predicted to be the epicenter of the Olympic night events. The South China Morning Post has however reported that the bar owners in the area were asked to refuse...
25 Sep 07 visit Black men are rounded up and beaten in Sanlitun drug sting  »  Zhongnanhai I live in Sanlitun, and have recently noticed a lack of drug dealers in the area. This article in the South China Morning Post, titled "Beijing police target black men in 'brutal' drug operation" might explain why. (SCMP, as you...
18 Jul 08 visit No blacks or Mongolians for bars, or no sources for SCMP?  »  Danwei From Beijing Boyce: Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post reported today that bars in central Beijing have been instructed to not serve blacks or Mongolians during the Olympics: Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and...
18 Jul 08 visit The danger of categorically accusing others of prejudice  »  Blogging For China Tom Miller of the South China Morning Post has generated somewhat doubtful outrages with an article alleging Beijing ordered bars not to serve blacks. For now, however, Beijing Boyce seems to have seriously deflated the credibility of Tom Miller’s...
19 Jul 08 visit Beijing Blacklisting Blacks?  »  Humanaught So, story goes - sometime yesterday afternoon both Shanghaiist and Beijing Boyce reported on a South China Morning Post article by Tom Miller entitled “Authorities order bars not to serve black people”. Mrs. Granite Studio (YJ), Danwei,...

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