Tag: "Beijing"
I’d Rather Boot Friedman than Reboot America
So here I am, listening to Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album and browsing memeorandum when I come across this giant chunk of silliness from Thomas Friedman. Read the whole thing if you like, but I just want to swoop in and knock down a few low-hanging fruit. First, it’s patently ridiculous to say that Chinese people [...]
China Goes Out with a Bang, and the Whimper of the Oppressed is Barely Heard
Oh yarf. BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China. It looks like China got everything it wanted out of the Olympic Games: a clean bill [...]
China’s Olympic “Protest Zones” Just a Lure to Catch Malcontents
One of the things that soothed people about China prior to the Olympics was that the government was going to specially designate three “protest zones” inside Beijing, reasonably close to the Olympic venues. Folks who wished to protest the presence of the Games, or the Chinese government’s policies, could apply for a permit and protest [...]
How Sad. China Can’t Get People to Watch Its Olympics.
Okay, this story makes me smile. BEIJING, Aug. 13 — Chinese Olympic organizers acknowledged Tuesday they were struggling to handle an unforeseen and baffling problem inside Summer Games venues and at the showpiece Olympic Park. Not enough people. Two weeks after announcing they had sold every one of the record 6.8 million tickets offered for [...]
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