By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING – Foreign journalists have dubbed them the "No-Fun Games," the "Fun-Free Games" and the "Killjoy Games." The labels have come fast and furious in recent weeks as the Chinese government steps up efforts to p... ...full story at NBC World Blog
from NBC World Blog on Wed, Jul 30 2008
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Beijing Paralympics opening ceremony »
YouTube video Beijing Paralympic Games opened on Sept 6 with a roar two weeks after the summer games. Malaysia's 11 paralympians are among some 4,000 athletes from 148 countries and regions participating in the Games. Celeste Fong reports. |
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Beijing steps up battle against smog » NBC World Blog By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING – Twenty-two days before the Olympic Games open here, the capital is awash in smog – an unseasonably thick haze that seems part pollution, part humidity. Adrienne Mong / NBC News A typical mor... |
| 08 Aug 08 |
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China’s Muslim dilemma in ‘The New Frontier’ » NBC World Blog By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer KHOTAN, Xinjiang Autonomous Region – Across much of China, strangers upon being introduced will ask each other, "Where is your ancestral home?" Adrienne Mong / NBC News An Uighur couple in Khotan But in t... |
| 11 Sep 08 |
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Cheering crowds and changing minds at Beijing Paralympics » NBC World Blog By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING – Two weeks after the end of the Summer Olympics, the residents of Beijing have yet to wake up to their much-anticipated sports hangover. In fact, if the vast crowds an NBC News crew and I witnessed on t... |
| 14 Sep 09 |
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It’s party time in Beijing – and only some are invited » NBC World Blog By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING – After a short summer break, I returned to Beijing to find the city under siege. At least that’s how it looks these days – two weeks before the national holiday on Oct. 1 to mark the 60th anniversary ... |
| 10 Apr 09 |
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Lifting the veil on a North Korean obsession » NBC World Blog By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BEIJING –North Korea has been in the news a lot lately, but for all the articles on its recent missile test or senior leader Kim Jong Il’s health, the isolated state remains a mystery – secretive and opaque... |
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