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Winding down: The Games trickle to a halt

Note: This is a blog post I wrote for another site, cross-posted here. I’ll share the link where it’s cross-posted once I know it myself. I wrote it yesterday afternoon as the rain was clearing up. The crowds in the Main Press Center have... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Fri, Aug 22 2008

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27 Sep 07 visit So some people in China are racist against blacks - should you come to China?  »  Lost Laowai Recently I wrote a post about Racism in China, just before finding out about the Beijing Police Rounding Up and Beating of Black People at Josh’s blog.  Rick also wrote a post dealing with this called Sino Xenophobia? It’s a really sad an...
27 Jun 07 visit China: Boycotting Beijing Olympics? They have ill intentions.  »  Global Voices From Mia Farrow to François Bayrou to US Congressmen, every news or report about boycotting Beijing Olympics has provoked rounds of anger from China’s netizens.  In a widely cross-posted blog post Boycotting Olympic: A farce doomed to failure...
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.
18 Apr 08 visit  »  Humanaught Alright, normally I would tackle Chinese current events commentary over at Lost Laowai, but as I just wrote a post there on the stupidity of the Carrefour boycott, I figured I’d spread the as it were. It seems I’ve had nothing to say lately...
15 May 08 visit China Quake Relief blog/site badge  »  Humanaught Hey guys, if you’ve got a site or blog and you’d like to provide your visitors a way to access information on donating to China’s quake relief efforts, please see my post at Lost Laowai.

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