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China's other Olympic cities
Beijing isn't the only city staging the Summer Games. A half-dozen other cities will be hosting eventsAs Olympics Open, China's Economy Slows
With manufacturing activity shrinking due in part to the global slowdown, China's growth story loses momentum By Frederik BalfourChina Censorship 2.0 extends to twitters
The long arm of China’s censorship, it seems, now even extends even to Twitters. According to a video interview with prominent blogger Oiwan Lam, China’s thought police have monitored twitter postings of some of her friends, forcing them to limit access to their twitterings, thereby limiting their impact.Latest Chinese Industry Sector News
CER links: Green Beijing, Opening ceremony performers
August 20, 2008 by CER Del.icio.usWhat we’ve been reading recently: Olympics Postcard: Bug Wars: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker - Kari Heliövaara, the man behind the greening of Beijing | none ESPN - Opening Ceremony performers faced harsh conditions - Olympics - Heatstroke, injury, adult diapers, and one unforgettable Olympics opening ceremony | none Subscribe to our recommended reading feed [..
The Bird’s Nest: Great venue, shame about the food
August 18, 2008 by Tim BurroughsIt works like clockwork. You get the subway to Beitucheng, go through security and you are in the special ticket-holders-only zone.
Bloviating on the Olympics: Give China a break
August 15, 2008 by James RoyTim Wu at Slate argues, persuasively in my opinion, that Western coverage of the Olympics has focused on the “two Ps” – pollution and protests – to an extent out of proportion to their significance, and displayed a more negative slant than it might in other countries: So are the media just being a little mean [..
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