I’ve been in Beijing for a little over a week. While Western media seems mostly intent on investigating nail-houses and Internet access in the Olympic media center, I’ve been playing tourist. But because I’ve been to Beijing numero... ...full story at Blogging For China
from Blogging For China on Sat, Aug 02 2008
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| 30 Apr 08 |
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Reporters reach Mt. Qomolangma media center »
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Source: CCTV.com | 04-29-2008 18:20
Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
About thirty reporters reached the world's highest peak on Monday. They're the first group of people from the media... |
| 17 Jul 08 |
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Far away from Beijing, and the Olympics » Countdown to Beijing As the nation’s, and the world’s, attention was focused on Beijing a little over one month before the Olympic Games kick off, I made a relaxing week-long trip south. I’d like to share here some of my thoughts and photos from the journey,... |
| 01 Jul 08 |
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Beastly Traffic » China Journal It’s not just dissidents who are being kept away from the Beijing Games. So’s puppy chow. Fancy dog food may be hard to come by in Beijing this summer (AP photo) Beijing’s International Center for Veterinary Services says as of today... |
| 25 Jun 07 |
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Reasons to Love Beijing? » Sinosplice The whole Shanghai vs. Beijing debate is somewhat tired, I know, so I’m not interested in rehashing it. I’m not going to bash or gush over either city. Rather, I’ve had sort of a change of heart about Beijing, and I’d like to tell... |
| 09 Aug 08 |
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Celebrating the Beginning of the Olympics » CN Reviews Beijing’s night to remember begins with a race against the clock to the big screen at Wangfujing, a major shopping and tourist mecca. It’s like New Year’s Eve, except that it’s quite humid. The atmosphere is festive and... |
| 04 Aug 08 |
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The Olympic Scrap (Peddler) Crackdown » Shanghai Scrap Over the last week I’ve received at least one email or phone call per day in regard to the crackdown/ban on Beijing’s scrap peddlers during the Olympics period. As I’ve said to those who ask, I’ll say to those who read: I... |