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Out goes the torch Beijing's turn at hosting the Olympic Games came to an end last night with a spectacular closing ceremony that, like the opening ceremony, featured a huge cast, people suspended in mid-air, pop stars singing songs of love and friendship, and lots of fireworks. How did the night of...
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From: http://www.sexybeijing.tv Are arranged marriages still popular in Beijing? Sufei finds out in this episode of Sexy Beijing. This episode is sponsored by TUI, click below to find out about traveling to Beijing with TUI: http://tui.cn/sexybeijing/ This article is from Danwei.org
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As reported on Danwei on July 23, "BOCOG's Security Department head Liu Shaowu said that Beijing had already set up special demonstration zones for protesters to express themselves" ( link ). Mirlin168 visited the three protest zones on August 11, and found them free of protesters. Last week Xinhua published...
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Above is the second of a series of images from TooManyTribbles, go to her blog to see the whole set. This article is from Danwei.org
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While your correspondent believes Beijing's air quality is a serious problem that anyone who lives here hopes will be solved before we all get emphysema, it has always struck me that the Olympic Games air pollution scares were rather silly. The Games have previously been held in polluted cities like...
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Hand grenade throwing days—Zhang Lijia (left) at 13 with siblings Zhang Lijia, author of the recently published "Socialism is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China (see excerpt ) recently published an opinion piece in The Guardian about the Beijing Olympics and the way the world sees China. The...
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Make sure she's not a journalist Caijing magazine published an article by Liu Jingjing (in Chinese) about some of the guidelines Olympic volunteers have received about dealing with threats to the Olympic Games, be they explosive, infectious or journalistic. The translation below is by Alice Xin Liu....
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Maolympics Inspired by the controversial May cover to the Japanese magazine Brutus , Rocky Leung , creative director for Life magazine (生活), put Mao Zedong in an Olympics shirt: I have a cover image from the Japanese magazine Brutus whose feature story reports on Beijing's connection to the Olympics...
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Chinese retailer Li Ning is the biggest winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics so far, after its founder and chairman – whose name the company bears - lit the cauldron at the final act of lat night’s opening ceremony. Li was a fantastic choice, and one that embodies China at this point in time. A young...
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Photo of Water Cube by Too Many Tribbles The 2008 Olympic Games begin today, and Danwei has spruced itself up a little, like everything else in our beloved city of Beijing. Here are some of the new and updated features on the site: China Media Timeline A visual guide to changes in the Chinese media from...
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Don't Ask. Photo from Peaceful Rise This essay was written by Geremie Barmé, scholar, filmmaker and author of the new book The Forbidden City . It is republished here by permission of author. Talk About the Wind and the Moon Geremie R. Barmé (30 July 2008) Casual visitors to China, as well as non-Chinese...
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Should I stay or should I go? As August 8 approaches, it's time for Beijing residents to decide where they'll spend the games, if they haven't already: will they stay in the city and experience the Olympics first-hand, or escape to someplace quiet and wait out the three weeks of madness in relative calm...
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Former CNN Beijing bureau chief Rebecca MacKinnon offers advice to visiting foreign journalists on getting behind the Great Firewall; avoiding government snooping of email and protecting your sources. Full text summary on Thomas Crampton 's blog. This article is from Danwei.org
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From Xinhua, via Sina.com, in translation: Special protest zones for Olympics The Beijing Olympics News Center today gacve a press conference titled 'Peaceful Olympics Beijing Security Work'. BOCOG's Security Department head Liu Shaowu said that Beijing had already set up special demonstration zones...
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Yao Ming This roundup of the past week's sporting news is from China Sports Today . Yao Ming rejoined the Chinese national team Thursday night in a game against Serbia. The Houston Rockets center had been out with a stress fracture in his foot since February ( report ). City Weekend ’s Olympic guide...