This wonderful article by Rebecca Blumenstein in the Wall Street Journal, about Chen Yanqing, a female Chinese weightlifter who is now a repeat Olympic gold medalist and part of the dominant Chinese weight squad I've been following on TV. The article was... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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| 03 Aug 08 |
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Card Sharks: How Much Gold is in a Gold Medal? »
YouTube video If your friend is going to Beijing and trying to win that Olympic Gold and sell it off at $1,000 an ounce, you might want to tell them how much gold is really in a Gold Medal, This is from 1988 in time for those Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. |
| 09 Aug 08 |
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Weightlifter Chen wins China's first gold » Shanghaiist The honors of the first gold medal of these Olympics went to the Czech Republic, when Katerina Emmons won the women's 10-meter air rifle competition. China's hope in that event, Du Li, did not medal. Weightlifter Chen Xiexia was the first to win gold... |
| 11 Aug 08 |
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While You Were Sleeping: August 11 » China Journal Every day for the rest of the Games, Journal reporter Adam Thompson — today assisted by Beijing bureau chief Rebecca Blumenstein — will recap notable Olympic events that happened overnight for readers in the U.S. and elsewhere: Chen Yanqing... |
| 29 Aug 08 |
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China: The Cost of a Gold Medal » Global Voices Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million). |
| 15 Jun 08 |
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WSJ: The great women of China » Shanghaiist China's secret for topping the Olympic medal tally is two X-chromosomes, writes Mei Fong of the Wall Street Journal:In China, it's the women who have traditionally racked up the medals. At the 2000 Games in Sydney, the Chinese women won five more gold... |
| 01 Oct 08 |
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Case closed on age of Chinese female gymnasts » Shanghaiist Officials from the International Gymnastics Federation have ruled that China's gold medal gymnasts were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics but two members from the Chinese squad that competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics — Dong Fangxiao and Ya... |
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