Olympics = Dialogue
The latest issue of the China Review came out this week, and was predictably packed with Olympic-centric articles. One quote particularly caught Bob’s eye and had to be included here: “Being pragmatic,...
View ArticleLiu Xiang’s World Record Tumbles Before Beijing
Cuba’s Dayron Robles has toppled Liu Xiang’s 110m hurdles world record. The 21-year-old clocked 12.87 seconds, beating Liu’s time by just 0.01 seconds and smashing his own personal best. Liu was not...
View ArticleEpic Wimbledon Battle Boosts Beijing Significance
This post is being written from SW19 where today Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer made history, beautifully. Nadal and Federer - True Olympians It is four years until Wimbledon will be an Olympic venue,...
View ArticleBeijing Olympic Anti-Terrorism Exercises
This week the Boston Globe has a collection of photos from various anti-terrorism exercises and demonstrations (thanks to Rachel for pointing this out). A number of these come from “a week-long series...
View ArticleTaiwan’s Olympic Name – Chinese Taipei or China’s Taipei?
Attending an Olympic Games hosted by China was always going to throw up some interesting challenges for the Taiwanese team, and the China’ Taiwan Affairs office have decided to spice things up. The...
View ArticleOlympic Opening Ceremony Day
Finally the day has come and everybody – with the possible exception of those who have chosen to time such an auspicious date with wedding/child birth – is gearing up for the main event; the Opening...
View ArticleOpening Ceremony – Top 10 moments
The general concensus appears to be that it was a truely spectacular opening ceremony (and no need to any fears of upset). Bob watched the whole ceremony with friends, and here are out selection of the...
View ArticleMystery of the Missing Olympic Tickets
The familiar site of a huge sporting event with empty seats has struck again in Beijing it seems. Many of the lower profile events – despite being completely sold out! – have failed to draw a full...
View ArticleLiu Xiang Withdraws in Beijing
Liu Xiang has been forced out of the 110m hurdles at the first hurdle (apologies), due to a leg injury. Round 1 of his event began this morning, and, but not before rumours were fluttering around the...
View ArticleLessons for London from the Beijing Olympics
This is one of the final posts on the Beijing Olympics Blog – the experiment is coming to an end, and to be honest, since getting back from China Bob has found it hard to summon up the time and...
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