As promised, some additional photos and commentary from Hong Kong’s Olympic equestrian venue in Shatin. Overall, it’s a lovely venue, and the events - based upon one night’s sample - are extremely well-run and organized. I haven’t... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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| 11 Aug 08 |
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Christina Chan Was Unfairly Removed from Olympic Venue »
YouTube video Aug 9 - Christina Chan and one of the her friends are forcefully removed from Hong Kong's Olympics equestrian arena.
Hong Kong police threw two pro-Tibet protesters out of the city's Olympics equestrian arena early on Saturday (August 9) during the... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Hong Kong’s Olympic Equestrian Class » Shanghai Scrap For the first part of the week I’m in Hong Kong, covering - of all things - equestrian events. I’ll have more to say about all of that - including the venues (complete with photos) - tomorrow, probably. For now, I’ll just say that... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Equestrian Goes Late » Shanghai Scrap It’s 2:20 AM as I write this in Hong Kong, and I’m just back to my hotel. Equestrian went until 12:30 AM, not including the medal ceremonies and victory laps. I’ll have much, much more to say about the venue, the facility, the superior... |
| 10 Aug 08 |
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Live-Blogging the U.S.-China Basketball Game » China Journal In the spirit of China Journal’s live-blog of Friday’s opening ceremonies, we’re pleased to bring you an encore for tonight’s big b-ball game, with WSJ reporters inside and outside the venue bringing real-time commentary on all the... |
| 15 Aug 08 |
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They’re going to bring out their dragons… » Humanaught I’ve been up to my elbows all week polishing up Lost Laowai in both design and features, and so haven’t had much chance to update on here. However, it’s officially the weekend, and I’m in the mood for some Olympic-sized... |
| 29 Jul 08 |
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Olympic Air Quality? Don’t Forget Hong Kong. » Shanghai Scrap Before I get to the meat of this post, let me state one thing clearly: I don’t relish the idea of an Olympics held in a Beijing choked by smog/fog. Like any other sports fan (and I’m a big one), I’d like to see the Olympics take place... |
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