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Joel cheers for China

From popular request, I had no choice but to put this online. Imagine: Day of the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics. As close to the Bird's Nest as the police will allow us. Joel decides to lead a call and answer chant roughly translated as...

from YouTube on Tue, Oct 28 2008

see also:

09 Aug 08 visit People watching Olympics 2008 opening ceremony on big screen  »  YouTube videoWathing opening ceremony outside my apartment in Beijing.. not far from Bird's Nest.
09 Feb 08 visit beijing olympics Bird's nest  »  YouTube videoolympic Stadium in beijing china. Bird's nest
15 Aug 08 visit Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. Lip-syncing  »  YouTube videoChinese officials have now admitted that the voice that rang out through the vast Bird's Nest stadium was really that of seven-year-old Yang Peiyi instead of Lin Miaoke, who may have had the voice of an angel but whose crooked teeth made her unsuitable...
08 Aug 08 visit Olympics opening ceremony - live!  »  Guardian Blogs Read our liveblog of the opening ceremony to find out how Beijing fares with the grand Bird's Nest extravaganza
30 Jul 08 visit Video: Sneak preview of Beijing Olympics opening ceremony  »  Shanghaiist digg_url = 'http://digg.com/olympics/Video_Sneak_pr eview_of_Beijing_Olympics_opening_ceremony'; Much to the dismay of some Chinese YouTube commenters, a Korean news team sneaked into Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium and videotaped rehearsals of the...
18 Feb 08 visit China: Spielberg's withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics  »  Global Voices Joel Martinsen from DANWEI has translated three local blog posts commenting on Spielberg's withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics. time savedtime saved

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