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Controlympics: Schadenfreude Medals (#4 of 4)

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Wed, Aug 27 2008, 11:22

We're taking one last look back at the most discussed -- and controversial -- Olympics since Berlin 1936. Previously, we looked at the winners, the losers, and winners who in fact lost. Now it's time for the medal winners in the schadenfreude comp...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/08/27...

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Controlympics: Tape-Delayed Blogging the Closing Ceremonies

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Sun, Aug 24 2008, 19:23

Hey boys and girls, it's time for the Closing Ceremonies! You know, the ones that actually took place 12 hours ago! The ones that NBC wouldn't let you see until now! And I'm here to give you tape-delayed play by play. Let me admit up front that th...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/08/24...

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Controlympics: Barely Not Legal

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Thu, Aug 21 2008, 20:54

An American blogger-hacker who goes by the name Stryde has tracked down and posted Chinese government documents that allegedly show Chinese gymnastic superstar He Kexin, who won gold medals both as a member of the victorious Chinese team and as an in...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/08/22...

[More related posts here] tags : Asia , China , east asia , He Kexin , International Olympic Committee , Olympics , Sports

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So Much for Auspicious Numbers

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Fri, Aug 08 2008, 20:12

From Reuters: Myanmar's junta arrested 48 activists on Friday for a protest march marking 20 years since the army crushed an "8-8-88" democracy uprising with the loss of an estimated 3,000 lives, an opposition official said. So at almost the very m...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/08/08...

[More related posts here] tags : Asia , Burma , China , east asia , Olympics

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Olymp-hip-hop

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Tue, Jul 29 2008, 17:34

I love this video. According to Tim Johnson at McClatchey's China Rises blog, Mr. Sun... [was] outside the Water Cube aquatics center yesterday...singing and dancing for onlookers. Sun, it turns out, is a 30-year-old pedicab operator from...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/07/29...

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Wonk'd: How to Cover the Olympics

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Sun, Jul 27 2008, 21:49

Technically, this is not wonk-y, but press-y. But I don't have a category called Press'd. Thomas Crampton has a great interview with former CNN Beijing bureau chief Rebecca McKinnon, who offers tips to other reporters on how best to manage censors...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/07/28...

[More related posts here] tags : Asia , censorship , China , dictatorships , east asia , human rights , netroots , Olympics

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The Olympics' Real Legacy: Greater Repression

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Sun, Jul 27 2008, 19:04

From Geoffrey York's fine piece in today's Toronto Globe and Mail: In the small Beijing suburb of Hongxialu, there’s a new force in town. The government has recruited a special unit of 288 residents, mostly middle-aged or elderly, to work as “securi...

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[More related posts here] tags : Asia , China , dictatorships , east asia , human rights , International Olympic Committee , Olympics

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Olympics: Security vs. Terror vs. Protest vs. Fun

Posted in : www.undiplomatic.net Sat, Jul 26 2008, 20:15

The Chinese now have an idea of who was behind the bombings in Kuming on Monday: A group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party released a video threatening the Beijing Olympic Games and claiming responsibility for recent deadly explosions on tw...

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/07/26...

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My travels about - Asia Thailand

Posted in : articles.top501.nu Fri, Jul 04 2008, 23:09

Asia Thailand Get More from Thailand-swicki.eurekster.com/asia+thailand The ancient kingdom of Thailand is sometimes called the rice granary of southeast Asia. Thailand is one of the world's leading exporters of rice, a basic food for much of Asi...

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