Imagethief picks up the debate on the age issue of He Kexin, the golden girl of Chinese gymnastics, and notices a cold-war double standard in some of the mainstream media report with a story plot of Ours=plucky, heroic achievers. Theirs=manufactured... ...full story at Global Voices
from Global Voices on Fri, Aug 22 2008
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| 23 Oct 08 |
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He Kexin on CCTV interview after Beijing Olympics 何可欣 荣誉殿堂 »
YouTube video 2008.8.20.Chinese men and women's gymnastics team on interview.
He Kexin part
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2008年8月20日,中国男女体 操队队员及教练员做 中央电视台《荣誉殿 》。 |
| 15 Aug 08 |
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Media reports suggest Chinese female gymnast too young for Olympics » Shanghaiist And those reports were published by China's state-run media. On November 3, Xinhua listed He Kexin as being 13, referring to her as "this little girl" (an apt description for any of China's diminutive gold medalists). A May 23 story in China Daily listed... |
| 14 Aug 08 |
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China: How old is He Kexin? » Global Voices While authorities state she is of Olympic regulation age, China Digital Times‘ Xiao Qiang looks at one of several sources that put He Kexin's age at around fourteen. |
| 22 Aug 08 |
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Spare a thought for He in gymnastics row » Countdown to Beijing Whatever the results of the investigation into the date of birth of He Kexin, China’s double Olympic gold medallist, I hope we don’t lose sight of the fact that even in the event of any subterfuge the gymnast herself would not be the one t... |
| 23 Aug 08 |
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Spare a thought for He in gymnastics row (Update) » Countdown to Beijing Whatever the results of the investigation into the date of birth of He Kexin, China’s double Olympic gold medallist, I hope we don’t lose sight of the fact that even in the event of any subterfuge the gymnast herself would not be the one t... |
| 06 Sep 08 |
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China: Iphonegirl a planned beauty? » Global Voices Local media yweekend did an investigative report on the Iphone Girl issue and it is yet a mystery whether the story is a public relation plan. ESWN has translated the local report. |
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