[Repeat: Idle until 2 September.] For years, I’ve been saying that there’s no escaping the Olympics in China, and now - in a cosmic joke of sorts - I’m the living proof: twelve hours after the closing ceremonies, I’m getting ready... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Mon, Aug 25 2008
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| 24 Aug 08 |
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Beijing Streets: 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremonies »
YouTube video The scene on the streets of Beijing during the live broadcast of the 2008 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony. |
| 11 Aug 08 |
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Beautiful, baffling and bewildering » Countdown to Beijing So maybe my next job isn’t fencing correspondent I’ll admit that I’m not a professional sports journalist, but I like to think of myself as a decent amateur watcher of sport. As an American living in London, I’ve even fallen deeply... |
| 08 Aug 08 |
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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. |
| 10 Jul 08 |
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Scrap on the road … » Shanghai Scrap I’m traveling through the weekend, so there’s almost no chance that I’ll post before Monday. But fear not: there’s plenty of China blogging and news to be found elsewhere. Perhaps consider visiting Granite Studio’s Asian... |
| 18 Aug 08 |
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Shake Your Hips. » Shanghai Scrap I think that I’ve blogged quite enough about Shanghai’s Olympic soccer matches, so - barring something really interesting happening at tomorrow’s men’s semi - this will be the last. And we’re going out with a bang.... |
| 21 Jul 08 |
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It Lengthens, It Strengthens, It’s Olympic! » Peking Duck Collector’s Edition Fuwa Condoms: Fuwas ‘Beibei,’ ‘Jingjing,’ ‘Huanhuan,’ ‘Yingying,’ and ‘Nini’ are the new darlings of the Olympics! The Fuwas represent the hopes and dreams of the... |
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