2008 Olympics: Coverage Behind the Scenes

 

An explosion, within 50km of the Birds Nest in Beijing, resulted in 20 people being sent to a hospital August 17. This is the second explosion near Olympic venues in a week.

Explosions Near Olympic Venues Go Unreported

Aug 19, 2008, 10:00 am

An explosion, within 50km of the Birds Nest in Beijing, resulted in 20 people being sent to a hospital August 17. This is the second explosion near Olympic venues in a week.

The Chinese community wonders if Liu Xiang's withdrawal from the race was premeditated.

Liu Xiang’s Exit Raising Questions of Cover-Ups

Aug 19, 2008, 8:00 am

The Chinese community wonders if Liu Xiang's withdrawal from the race was premeditated.

The Canadian Olympic Team hit the podium two more times on Day 10 of the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning silver in the Mixed Team Equestrian Jumping and Women’s Trampoline events.

Team Canada Takes Silver in Jumping and Trampoline

Aug 19, 2008, 3:00 am

The Canadian Olympic Team hit the podium two more times on Day 10 of the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning silver in the Mixed Team Equestrian Jumping and Women’s Trampoline events.

According to the Vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG),

In China's Democracy You Don't Need to Vote

Aug 19, 2008, 2:00 am

According to the Vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), "China has its own version and way of exercising our democracy."

Olympic coverage in China is still blocked by Eutelsat, the French communications company

Eutelsat Capable of Broadcasting NTDTV Again

Aug 19, 2008, 2:00 am

Olympic coverage in China is still blocked by Eutelsat, the French communications company

Colonel Yehuda Wegman found similarities between the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony and the ceremonies held by the Nazi regime.

Military Expert: Olympic Ceremony Alarmingly Fascist

Aug 18, 2008, 3:00 pm

Colonel Yehuda Wegman found similarities between the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony and the ceremonies held by the Nazi regime.

Liu's injury and withdrawal from the Games raised questions about the Chinese regime's training program.

Pressure Hobbles China's Champion Hurdler

Aug 18, 2008, 2:00 pm

Liu's injury and withdrawal from the Games raised questions about the Chinese regime's training program.

The 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony was a grand display of discipline and misguided Chinese Culture.

Cheating China's Great Culture

Aug 18, 2008, 7:00 am

The 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony was a grand display of discipline and misguided Chinese Culture.

The vast number of empty seats at the “sold-out” Beijing Olympics has baffled television and live spectators since the games began. But the mystery is finally starting to unravel.

Paranoia Keeps Stands Empty at Beijing Olympics

Aug 18, 2008, 3:00 am

The vast number of empty seats at the “sold-out” Beijing Olympics has baffled television and live spectators since the games began. But the mystery is finally starting to unravel.

Jin Pang's Olympic Pain

Aug 18, 2008, 3:00 am

This is not the first time her parents have been targeted, Ms Jin said. In 2001, after 11 days of torture, her mother lost her front teeth, the skin all over her body was burned, and her legs were covered in bruises and blood.

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