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(Letter) Watching the Opening Ceremony with a few thousand Tianjiners

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My wife and I, along with a German, an Aussie, a TCK (third culture kid), and an American watched the Opening Ceremonies on a giant screen in one of Tianjin's biggest parks. There were thousands of people there, and very few foreigners. We've posted pictures, video, and blogged the experience, particularly the crowd's reactions to different things (Watching the Opening … [Read more...] about (Letter) Watching the Opening Ceremony with a few thousand Tianjiners

(Letter from es.nautilus) Handling Olympic protests in Beijing – a ‘test case’?

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Four members of the activist group, Students for a Free Tibet, have staged a lamppost protest in Beijing, unfurling a banner that read, ‘One World, One Dream – Free Tibet’, as the Olympic torch relay entered its final stage in the host city on Wednesday 6 August. All four – two British and two American nationals, holding tourist visas - have been arrested and are currently in … [Read more...] about (Letter from es.nautilus) Handling Olympic protests in Beijing – a ‘test case’?

(Letter from Netizen) WTO Talks Collapsed

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The Doha round of WTO talks in Geneva collapsed on Tuesday. It was the US vs. India and China, without being able to resolve their differences in farm products. In my view, it’s a good thing that the talks collapsed because the real benefits of the proposed deal to developing countries were minimal but risks were very high indeed. India pulled the plug, with China … [Read more...] about (Letter from Netizen) WTO Talks Collapsed