| China: Chinese Lies | Global Voices
C. W. Hayford from Chinese History group blog goes into various literature sources for discussing the “Chinese character” in relation to “face” and “lie”. It gives some background about the various Olympic “lies” happened.
| | August 29, 2008 03:04 |
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| China: The Cost of a Gold Medal | Global Voices
Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million).
| | August 29, 2008 03:56 |
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| Costa Rica: President Arias Asks Dalai Lama to Postpone Visit | Global Voices
Costa Rican president Oscar Arias asked Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama to postpone a private visit to the country, citing that Arias won't be in the country to receive him. However, many bloggers believe that the request coincided with a planned official visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao. | | August 29, 2008 01:25 |
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| So many more efficient, and deserving, alternatives to bridge | South China Morning Post
With reference to recent announcements regarding the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, when will the administration clarify its statement that travelling time to Macau and Zhuhai will be cut to 20 minutes?
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Tariffs, not patents, hurt low-carbon innovation | South China Morning Post
A hundred countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Understandably, developing countries refuse to sacrifice growth to cut emissions, so they want new low-carbon technology.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Inquiry needed into deadly tree collapse | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's 400 trees listed as old and valuable are regularly inspected to ensure their health. Yet one in Stanley collapsed on a young woman on Wednesday, killing her just days after it had been checked for typhoon damage and within a month of a full examination that determined it to be in an "acceptable" condition. Those findings appear at odds with initial inquiries showing fungal damage and infestations by small insects. Trees can be imperfect and pose no danger. And accidents happen. But valid questions have been raised that can only be answered through a thorough investigation.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Exiled author runs gauntlet of hate in her second home | South China Morning Post
All Taslima Nasrin wants to do is go home to Calcutta. Unfortunately, the Bangladeshi-born writer, who angered Muslims in Bangladesh and her adopted homeland of India, remains a pariah.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Slip-sliding away | South China Morning Post
Donald Tsang's popularity has declined as public confidence in the central government is on the rise, writes Stephen Vines.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Public interest comes first for lawmakers | South China Morning Post
The Legislative Council election is just over a week away, and my 10 years' service as a lawmaker is almost over. It was a historic time, covering crises like the economic downturn and severe acute respiratory syndrome. People's expectations of government became much higher, and there were definitely times when senior officials and legislators did not meet those expectations.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Tale of two Russias | South China Morning Post
The rapidly developing nation is still unable to shed its legacy of empire, writes Douglas Birch.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Golf body's language rule unsporting | South China Morning Post
The sponsorship money that is increasingly pumped into sport has brought many benefits, but also much controversy. The latest row in the world of golf shows what can happen when those running a sport go too far in a bid to please financial backers.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Syrian-Israeli peace talks on the cards | South China Morning Post
Of all the wild cards in the Middle East deck, this one may be the most intriguing: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears ready for direct peace talks with Israel, if the US will join France as a co-sponsor.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| UN has taken wrong approach to Myanmar | South China Morning Post
UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari visited Yangon last week - his fourth trip to Myanmar since a crackdown on protesters last September and the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in May. After failing to meet chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, General Than Shwe, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Dr Gambari has defended his visit, saying it was not worthless.
| | August 29, 2008 12:00 |
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| Bear with a sore head | South China Morning Post
To some minds, the bear is back. Russia's belligerence over Georgia is the first time it has flexed its military muscle since its powerful predecessor, the Soviet Union, began unravelling two decades ago. The message would seem to be clear: refreshed from its hibernation, Moscow has returned to the world stage as a force to reckon with. There is even talk of a new cold war.
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| China: Olympic Medals Shape | Global Voices
A graphic representation of the distribution of medals shows that China has big tits. The picture was created by Form One high school boy at bbs.163.com.
| | August 28, 2008 03:40 |
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| China: Iphone Girl | Global Voices
Dedric Lam from Shanghaiist reports on how the Iphone Girl story has been traveled back to China. Local netizens have created a website for her, iphonegirl.cn, and urged netizens not to human-flesh search and publish her personal data.
| | August 28, 2008 03:07 |
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| China: Cop Killer's Case | Global Voices
The Shanghai Cop killer's or Yang Jia case was on court on yesterday (26 of Aug). Both Shanghai citizens and reporters were not allowed to attend the trial as all the seats were booked by local police. Liu Xiaoyuan pointed out that such kind of arrangement is de facto secret trial.
| | August 27, 2008 05:03 |
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| China: Photos from inside Tibetan Skynet control room | Global Voices
Famed she is, though definitely not for her blogging, which is too bad, because there's no doubt that a lot of people would be interested to see the control-room photos and series of Chinese-language sources that Tibetan writer Woeser has just posted which show just how close of an electronic eye Chinese authorities now have [...] | | August 26, 2008 11:16 |
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| China: Cop-killer online hero case goes on trial | Global Voices
Yang Jia's case goes to trial today, after having been postponed for the Olympics. Previously he had been harmonized after having been heroized by many online for walking into a police station in Shanghai last month and killing six cops after what was accepted was an earlier case of injustice and police brutality of which [...] | | August 26, 2008 08:58 |
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| China: My Peasant Dad Watches The Olympics | Global Voices
ESWN translated an article by Li Punman at my1510 about an older generation peasant's view on the Beijing Olympics. Nationalism is still a pervasive frame.
| | August 26, 2008 04:57 |
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| China: Hacking Tsinghua University Website | Global Voices
The Beijing Tsinghua university website was hacked on 24 of Aug. The hacker wrote a fake interview in the website in which the university president said the university system is spoon feeding “shit” to students' brain. More from matrix at Solidot.
| | August 26, 2008 04:03 |
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| China: Weather Intervention | Global Voices
During the Olympics, the Beijing government created artificial rain to secure good weather for the opening and closing ceremonies. Lui Li said that if the government had plan to intervene the weather, it should have forecasted it to the people.
| | August 26, 2008 03:57 |
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| China: Olympic Regrets | Global Voices
Chen XueLei reflected upon his Olympic experience since 7 years ago when Beijing applied for the hosting city. Now that the Beijing Olympics has obtained great success on stage, the blogger wonders if it is really a success for the majority of Chinese people.
| | August 26, 2008 03:58 |
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| Saudi Arabia: Where are the women sport heroes? | Global Voices
Saudi girls deserve sport heroes too, says Jillian, at a post on women in the Olympics at Kabobfest. “Little girls in Saudi Arabia (which I will use as an example from now on, given that Qatar's population equals that of Boston) deserve to have strong heroes too,” she notes.
| | August 26, 2008 01:29 |
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| MENA: Veiled Athletes in Beijing | Global Voices
Despite the Saudi Arabia's decision to ban Saudi women from taking part in the Olympics this year, Blogger Dilshad D. Ali writes about the emergence of hijab (veil) at the Beijing Olympics. Blogger Jana, also lists the 12 veiled Muslim athletes who competed this year in Beijing.
| | August 26, 2008 12:57 |
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