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A Chinese American at the Olympics (or, an American Chinese?)

Deanna Lee | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Chinese American, Yang Yun, Beijing, 2008, Yang Wei, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Asian American, Gymnasts, Liu Xiang, China, Gymnasts Age, Alicia Sacramone, Media News
Deanna Lee

As an ABC-- American-Born-Chinese -- I had to settle for a less personal sort of honor and pride in "returning" to my family's homeland.

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Track and Field Delivers World Records Despite Fears of Poor Air Quality; Tickets Can Be Bought

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Beijing, Track and Field, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Usain Bolt, China, Entertainment News
Courtney Woo

The fact that Bolt broke a world record challenges popular fears that poor air quality would mean poor performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

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Living High: 3-Day Beijing Weekend

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 09.17.2008 | Style

Read More: Beijing Nightlife, Beijing Restaurants, Beijing, China, Beijing Olympics, Style News
Rebecca Fannin

While everyone was at the Games and the city was empty, I took a close-up tour of a few of Beijing's trendy new spots.

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A Grateful Nation is Mesmerized by Michael Phelps

Bill Katovsky | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Serbia, Beijing, Georgia, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Politics News
Bill Katovsky

Athletic heroes like Phelps are a rare breed, individualistic, disciplined, driven by an inner need to achieve success while ignoring pain -- if only our politicians could follow their example.

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Live From the Water Cube: 8 Golds!!! Phelps and USA Team Make History Here in Beijing; Torres Wins Silver - Missed Gold by One-hundredth of a Second!

Jack Hidary | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Swimming, US Swimming, Olympics, Olympics Swimming, Dara Torres, Olympic Swimming, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Phelps Breaks Record, Michael Phelps Gold Medals, Mark Spitz Beijing Olympics, Mark Spitz 2008, Michael Phelps, Phelps Gold Medals, Michael Phelps 8th Gold Medal, Mark Spitz, Jack Hidary, Hidary, Home News
Jack Hidary

Prospects did not look good for a gold two laps into the medley. Backstroke was first -- the US was in the top three but no decisive lead here.

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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

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A Week After 8/8: Despite Simulated Fireworks, the Opening Ceremony Still Shines for Locals

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Opening Ceremony, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Olympics, China, Media News
Courtney Woo

The controversies surrounding the Opening Ceremony will certainly pass, and when they do the symbolic rather than the sensational moments will remain with the Chinese.

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Beijing Beyond the Village

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Westin Hotel, Beijing Hotels, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Bush Beijing, Bush Beijing Westin, Politics News
Rebecca Fannin

The normally congested city is a ghost town as visitors expected for the Games didn't arrive -- guess they had trouble getting their visas with the tighter security procedures.

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China's Laughable Men's Soccer Team The Butt Of Beijing Media Jokes

Variety | Clifford Coonan | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: China, China Mens Soccer Team, Olympics, Beijing, Chinese Media, Media News

While Beijing's scowling policemen have made headlines, the Olympic Games have prompted plenty of humor in the Chinese capital, especially online. Mo...

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Journalists Lash Out At Chinese Officials In Beijing

Wall Street Journal | JASON DEAN and SHAI OSTER | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Chinese Officials Journalists, Beijing, Journalists Beijing, Olympics, Media News

Frustrations are escalating between the Western media and Chinese officials over the government's handling of the Olympic Games, reflecting deeper di...

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China's Ode to Legerdemain

Howard W. French | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zhang Yimou, International Herald Tribune, Opening Ceremony, Beijing, Howard French, Cecil B. DeMille, China, Hollywood, Olympics, Politics News
Howard W. French

Embellishing the face of China, and thereby enhancing the prestige of its rulers, required something better than reality, a painstakingly idealized hyper-real, and if that required trickery or deception, so be it.

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WATCH: Bill Plaschke of LA Times Eats Animal Penis In Beijing

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Animal Penis, Video, Bill Plaschke, Kevin Pang, Olympics, Olympics Reporters, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Bill Plaschke Penis, Bill Plaschke Penis Video, Plaschke Penis Video, Media News

The lip-syncing opening ceremony girl may not be the only thing American reporters in Beijing have trouble swallowing. Reporters Kevin Pang of the Ch...

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Bush Olympic Photo Caption Contest

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Slap, President, Gerald Herbert, Photo, Olympics, Bikinied Rear, Beijing, Chaoyang Park, Caption, Butt, Beach Volleyball, Sand, Kerri Walsh, Bush, Contest, Bikini, Butt Slap, Volleyball, Ass, Misty May-Treanor, Misty, May-Treanor, Caption Contest, Politics News
Chris Weigant

We haven't done a photo caption contest here in far too long, and this one just begged for it. What exactly is Bush saying? Picture a word balloon above him, and what would you put in it?

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Journalist Attacked While Filming Tibet Protest in Beijing

AP | AUDRA ANG | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Tibet, China Tibet, Tibet Protests, China, Beijing, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Media News

BEIJING — Police detained eight foreign activists and a British journalist attempting to cover their protest, as the latest in a series of demon...

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From the Water Cube: Phelps Delivers Gold

Jack Hidary | Posted 09.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Phelps 10th Gold, Phelps Gold, Phelps Breaks Record, Olympics, Beijing, Michael Phelps, Watercube, Entertainment News
Jack Hidary

At the final turn of the 150m it became clear that Phelps could take it. The entire stadium stood as the swimmers neared the final touch. Phelps not only won the gold but set a new world record.

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Musings From Moscow

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Beijing, Olympics, Georgia, Moscow, South Ossetia, CBS News, China, Soviet Union, Politics News
Murray Fromson

While the conflict has aroused the predictable hostility and posturing of the U.S. government, policy wonks and the media, cooler heads will have to prevail before the situation disintegrates altogether.

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Beijing Shot Rain From Sky To Keep Opening Ceremony Dry

Alex Pasternack | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Opening Ceremony, China Pollution, Beijing Olympics, China, Beijing, China Fake Rain, Olympics, Green News
Alex Pasternack

One of the biggest feats of China's spectacular opening ceremony wasn't inside the stadium. The city's meteorological bureau peppered approaching clouds with silver-iodide rockets to prevent rain.

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Day Two Of Beijing Olympics Dawns Under Cloud After Attack On US Visitors

Huffington Post | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Todd Bachman, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Beijing, Olympics Day Two, Barbara Bachman, Olympics Results, Home News

Day Two of the Beijing Olympics dawned under a cloud Sunday after the father of a former US Olympian was killed by an attacker while visiting the Drum...

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Tibet Activists Stage "Die-In" Protest In Tiananmen Square (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Students for a Free Tibet, Tibet Protests, Tibet, Tibet Protests China, China Tibet, China, Tiananmen Square, Politics News

In Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday, four Tibet supporters lay motionless on the ground draped in Tibetan flags representing the bloodshed the acti...

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From Inside the Stadium, Another Look at Beijing's Opening Ceremony

Alex Pasternack | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Politics News
Alex Pasternack

Standing eerily still and in machine-like formation over square tables, the army of thousands portended something big. From one angle, they resembled ...

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Bush Booed During Opening Ceremony

LiLi Tan | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Opening Ceremony, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Olympics, George W. Bush, Olympic Opening Ceremony, Bush Booed, Bush Booed Olympics, Olympic Opening Cerimony, Boos Beijing Olympics, Politics News
LiLi Tan

Bush caused minimal stir in the capital city, even with his speeches scolding China's human rights record before arriving. Even Chinese people seem eager to see Bush step down after this year.

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Bryant May Steal Yao's China Spotlight

Meghan Peters | Posted 09.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Olympic Basketball, Yao Ming, Beijing, Basketball, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Entertainment News
Meghan Peters

Naturally I assumed China would be rooting for him during the Games. But I've met several Chinese people here who are backing the U.S. basketball team hands down.

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Is the IOC Helping Beijing Hide Its Pollution?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Chinese Air Pollution, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Beijing Air, Beijing Air Quality, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Green News
Alex Pasternack

When I was out on the pale white moonscape of the Olympic green on Monday, my throat had the particular tickle of particulates. It wasn't just the intense heat -- and I wasn't even running the 10,000 meter.

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A Green Spotlight on the Olympic Games

Andrew Smeall | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: China Pollution, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Beijing Air, China, Pollution, Beijing Air Quality, Olympics, Green News
Andrew Smeall

Unlike many of the issues seeking political spotlight at the Games, greenhouse gases do not recognize national borders.

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Taxi Cab Confessions: Why Beijing Drivers Don't Speak English

LiLi Tan | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, English Language, Living News
LiLi Tan

Though I told every one of my drivers that he or she could practice their English with me, only one took advantage. "Light turn! Leff turn! Stop!" one driver exclaimed.

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