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[File Under: What You Missed During the Olympics] Whatever else it may have buoyed, these Olympics have done nothing for China’s ailing stocks markets. On Monday, while most of China was busy being shocked by Liu Xiang’s dramatic pull-back,... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap

from Shanghai Scrap on Tue, Aug 19 2008

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05 Feb 08 visit Market Technical Analysis 02.04.08  »  YouTube videoWe (InTheMoneyStocks.Com) discuss todays light volume pull back or possible consolidation as the markets paired their recent bounce gains. We look at key levels to watch on the charts and also note the hot Chinese stocks of the day. Enjoy and come join...
18 Aug 08 visit Liu Xiang: The Word on the Street  »  China Journal Moments after the news of Liu Xiang’s withdrawal from the Olympics broke, WSJ colleagues took to the streets of Beijing to gauge the people’s reactions. Here’s their video report.
18 Aug 08 visit Liu Xiang: the end of an Olympic dream  »  Countdown to Beijing “Well that’s it,” a journalist friend said when he phoned me at the Bird’s Nest a couple of hours after Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Beijing Olympics. “We might as well pack our backs and go home.”   We won’t, o...
22 Jul 08 visit I Could Use A Little Escapism  »  One Eyed Panda Well as I mentioned in my last post, I’m a little fed up with the Olympics right now. It’s not that I’ve got anything against the Olympics. I just have an Olympic-sized enormous Olympics hangover from all the coverage that it’s...
18 Aug 08 visit Liu Xiang injury breaks China hearts  »  Countdown to Beijing Liu Xiang’s quest to win a home Olympic gold ended before it had begun on Monday, as an injury prevented the 110 metre hurdler from starting his first heat. China’s world and Olympic champion, the host nation’s best hope of an athletic...
08 Aug 08 visit Shanghai’s Ambivalence Olympics  »  Shanghai Scrap The Atlantic has just posted “The Olympics’ Second City,” my dispatch from last night’s matches at Shanghai Stadium. It’s the first of several Atlantic dispatches that I’ll be doing from co-host cities during the Games.

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