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

August 6, 2008 by Guest 36 Comments

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’?

Snapshots from Beijing

August 2, 2008 by Buxi 10 Comments

I've been in Beijing for a little over a week.  While Western media seems mostly intent on investigating nail-houses and Internet access in the Olympic media center, I've been playing tourist.  But because I've been to Beijing numerous times, no pictures of the Great Wall or Forbidden Palace.  Here are a few stories from every-day life that caught my eye: First, the first day … [Read more...] about Snapshots from Beijing

(Letter from xiaotaibei) Hospitality in China

July 29, 2008 by Guest 26 Comments

A first-person account of a trip to Beijing: I’m pretty amazed by the hospitality in China, especially how it keeps getting better and better. It’s not just the hospitality, it’s all the little things of general people behavior. … [Read more...] about (Letter from xiaotaibei) Hospitality in China

Can the Chinese government let people have a good time?

July 28, 2008 by BMY 38 Comments

Here is a article “Wild dogs of nationalism let off the leash” on Beijing 08 blogs of Sydney Morning Herald by award winning sports writer John Birmingham. The Article starts with Picture a couple of Falun Gong dudes, or a Tibetan Monk sitting in a cell, waiting for the Games to finish so they can be executed and give up their organs for harvest. … [Read more...] about Can the Chinese government let people have a good time?

Buxi is home – 7/25 update

July 25, 2008 by Buxi 15 Comments

Quick update... although we don't use this as our personal blog, this is a good time to mention I've just arrived in Beijing.  Everyone in my family is fighting upper-respiratory infections (picked up in the US), and at times I wasn't sure we'd make the flight... but we're here. … [Read more...] about Buxi is home – 7/25 update

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