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(Letter) Chinese gymnasts age controversy

August 14, 2008 by Charles Liu Leave a Comment

Last night after the women's gymnastics team final, NBC announcer Bella Caroli commented that the Chinese team cheated with underage athletes, and their passports were doctored by the Chinese government. After some digging, it seems the age allegation had surfaced some time ago, but was quelled after passports and birth certificates where produced to the satisfaction of the … [Read more...] about (Letter) Chinese gymnasts age controversy

The cruelest insults come from ones pretending to speak as the righteous

August 13, 2008 by DJ 158 Comments

[UPDATE] At the risk of being seen as running an excessive self and cross promotional campaign, I highly recommend all interested readers to check out ESWN's take on some of the irresponsible media reports in this case, particularly the collection of quotes from various medias, and the latest comment on the "uneven teeth" meme such reports created. Roland is very gracious in … [Read more...] about The cruelest insults come from ones pretending to speak as the righteous

An imperfect perfection

August 12, 2008 by DJ 176 Comments

Note: an update is inserted at the end. The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was, by most accounts, a brilliantly choreographed and spectacularly executed performance worth of a gold medal of its own. There were a fair number of notable highlights, and many journalists certainly were not shy from exhausting all the synonyms of the word "stunning" in the thesaurus in … [Read more...] about An imperfect perfection

(Letter) 2nd terrorist attack in Xinjiang

August 11, 2008 by Charles Liu Leave a Comment

[h/t to Nimrod] After reports of terrorist attack ahead of the Olympics in Xinjiang, a 2nd attack days after the Olympics has been reported. … [Read more...] about (Letter) 2nd terrorist attack in Xinjiang

Who got the loudest cheers at the Opening Ceremony?

August 8, 2008 by Nimrod 148 Comments

One of the interesting things about the Opening Ceremony is the outside world gets to see (or is made to pay attention to) a slice of raw Chinese public opinion on full display. Besides obviously the home team, Taiwan probably got the loudest cheers from the Chinese crowd at the Bird's Nest today, a sure head-scratcher to foreign pundits stuck in a brain warp, I'm sure, but no … [Read more...] about Who got the loudest cheers at the Opening Ceremony?

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