“We went out to swim in the big pond, but ended up finding ourselves. The ocean did not drawn us, just made us wiser and better”. This was a bit of sentimentality I shared with an undergraduate classmate who also came to the United States for graduate school and spent years trying to “make it” out here. The same sentiment parallels the Chinese experience with the Olympics in … [Read more...] about The Chinese Olympic Journey
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The art of PR: lying without technical falsehood
Reacting to reactions to a campaign that went too far, Amnesty International put the following disclaimer on its home page: Amnesty International would like to make clear that it was not involved in the dissemination of a series of images that have been circulating on the web in relation to the Beijing Olympics. Amnesty International's global website address is … [Read more...] about The art of PR: lying without technical falsehood
Try to view Amnesty International calmly (translated)
An advertising campaign commissioned by the human rights group Amnesty International has raised flames of anger throughout China. For previous discussions, see ESWN and Danwei. Wall Street Journal has more details on the backlash, reporting: Weeks before the Olympics put Beijing and the Games' corporate backers on the world stage, an advertising heavyweight has stumbled over … [Read more...] about Try to view Amnesty International calmly (translated)
Can smog be used as a smokescreen?
Claire Fox is rather perceptive in her blog entry "Beijing Olympics: China's green critics should get a grip": … [Read more...] about Can smog be used as a smokescreen?
Yellow River in Beijing
Let's have a quick flashback to a happier time, when all of us thought 2008 would be a simple year full of celebration. Below is the Chinese piano prodigy Lang Lang, performing the Yellow River Piano Concerto on Tiananmen Square. The date is 08/08/07, one full year before the start of the Beijing Olympics. … [Read more...] about Yellow River in Beijing