While I was out of China two very important events happened in my neighborhood. First, everyone’s favorite pirate DVD shop re-opened. And second, the Beijing 2008 banners were pulled off lampposts and replaced with World Expo 2010 banners. I leave... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Fri, Sep 05 2008
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Free Tibet activists unfurl banners near Olympic venue »
YouTube video Protest at Beichen Overpass near the National Stadium or Bird's Nest, two clambered up two electricity poles to display the banners with slogans, "One world One Dream Free Tibet" and "Tibet will be free". |
| 16 Sep 08 |
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Wait a minute, Mister Postman. » Shanghai Scrap As noted in previous posts, Haibao, the Gumby-like mascot for World Expo 2010, has, in the wake of the Olympics, infiltrated Shanghai. Writing from the perspective of Shanghai Scrap HQ: he is on the banners that hang from the lampposts on my street; he is... |
| 08 Sep 08 |
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Where Fuwa Fear to Tread. » Shanghai Scrap I promise that - in the run-up to Expo 2010 - I will not make a habit of Haibao posts [Haibao being the mascot for the 2010 World Expo]. But over the last five days or so, the roll-out of Expo 2010/Haibao-related material in Shanghai has been so rapid and... |
| 20 Aug 08 |
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A Protest Pre-Empted, Artist Detained » China Journal The group Students for a Free Tibet has been among the most active in organizing small, symbolic protest actions across Beijing during the Olympics, from hanging “Free Tibet” banners from lampposts near the Bird’s Nest stadium to staging... |
| 15 Jul 08 |
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'Go China' banners banned for Olympics » Shanghai Daily "GO China" banners will not be allowed into Olympic Games venues in Beijing. Nor will soft drink containers, musical instruments or whistles which all join a list of prohibited items. The Beijing Organizing Committee... |
| 08 Sep 08 |
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Banners of gratitude » Danwei Hello Beijing. Thank you, China In a continuation of expressions of gratitude that showed up at various points during the Beijing Olympics, athletes at the ongoing Paralympics have held up banners reading "Thank you, China" and "Hello, Beijing." Here's... |
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