2008 Olympics: Coverage Behind the Scenes
Song Compares Beijing Olympics to Nazi Olympics
Aug 17, 2008, 7:00 amThe song poignantly asks: “Can you hold an international track meet, when you got a labor camp right down the street? Can you sponsor the Olympics in 08, when you still imprison people for their faith?”
Take Care, Chinese Gymnastic Girls!
Aug 17, 2008, 3:00 amAt the Beijing Olympics, China's women’s gymnastics team won its first ever gold medal in the team event and might win several more individual gold medals. For them, this should be a very joyful time. However, I have always been worried about these young girls.
Who On Earth is the Enemy?
Aug 17, 2008, 2:00 amI remember that a high ranking intelligence official from a western country once said that if you have a hard time judging the significance of an event, you should look at the resources the host has mobilized for it.
Update: Olympic Dancer Paralyzed, Regime Cover-Up
Aug 17, 2008, 1:00 amThe Chinese Communist regime repressed news of a tragic fall that left the lead dancer for the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games paralyzed from the waist down.
Phelps Passes Spitz with Golden Eight
Aug 16, 2008, 11:00 pmMichael Phelps swam his way into sporting immortality on Sunday by winning his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Global Million Signatures Petition Handed to Swiss
Aug 16, 2008, 7:00 pmThe Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) handed in the results of the Global Million Signatures Campaign to the Swiss Government.
Trust Beijing Officials, Air Quality is Good, Pleads IOC
Aug 16, 2008, 4:00 pmThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) is asking journalists and athletes to trust the Beijing official figures on air quality and trust that it is in journalists’ and athletes’ best interests not to know the current rate of pollution in the Chinese capital.
Zealous Chinese Fans Given Workshops on Cheering
Aug 16, 2008, 3:00 pmUltra-nationalist Chinese fans are reported to be booing rival competitors at recent Olympic events. Similar incidents over the years have sometimes escalated to violence.
Australia Labor Party’s Chinese Connections
Aug 16, 2008, 6:00 amWestern media recently publicised the 21 instructions for Olympic reporting issued to their Chinese counterparts by the Beijing propaganda bureau.
Gold Number 7 for Phelps on Day 8
Aug 16, 2008, 4:00 amMichael Phelps equalled fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven golds in one Olympics
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