Recently, lots of blogging and reporting about the empty seats at events up in Beijing. Well, down here in Shanghai we like to do things bigger - or, more empty, if you will. Case in point: A photo taken three minutes into this evening’s... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Mon, Aug 18 2008
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Empty Garden (Kongde Huayuan) »
YouTube video Empty Garden live at Yuyintang in Shanghai. |
| 16 Aug 08 |
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Who Are All the Empty Seats For? » China Journal Empty seats have been an ongoing concern at the Beijing Olympics. In many cases, the spectator stands have been less than full. Organizers have tried to explain some of the reasons why there are empty seats at sold-out events: corporate sponsors may have... |
| 19 Aug 08 |
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China: Photos of empty seats and Beijing streets » Global Voices Wandering Light photoblogger Kevin German is in Beijing attending the Olympics, looking closely at ticket scalpers and empty seats and writing very poignant posts about the city, but the photos he's been taking, wow! |
| 14 Aug 08 |
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How to purchase Olympic tickets for “sold out” events » CN Reviews Late last month, Beijing Olympic organizers proudly announced that the 6.8 million Olympic tickets were sold out. Yet empty seats are prominently featured on television broadcasts, even for such high-profile events such as competitions where American... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Empty Seats » Peking Duck I was on the Olympic Green all day today and was amazed at what I saw, or rather at what I didn’t see, namely crowds of people. There were none. The Green was a relative ghost town (compared to past Games). It took no time at all to get there, and... |
| 15 May 08 |
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Final Olympic tickets snapped up in two days » Shanghai Daily THE empty seats that harmed the mood of the Athens Olympics won't be seen in Beijing when the Chinese capital hosts the 2008 Games. The final batch of Olympic tickets for domestic spectators, expected to be... |
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