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Sponsoring the Olympics Is Bad for Business

Sophie Richardson | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Olympic Sponsors, Tibet, Beijing, China Tibet, China Human Rights, Olympics, Business News

The 12 biggest Olympics sponsors may soon learn that government-fanned waves of nationalism are bad for business. The sponsors are only shooting themselves in the foot -- and paying to do so!

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Olympics Clean-Up Hides The Real Beijing

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 09.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Olympics, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chinese Government, Home News

BEIJING — It all began when my colleague Steve's favorite noodle lady was forced to close down. Soon after, the Popsicle lady was gone, followed...

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Beijing's Olympic Pollution Forecast: Hot Air

Alex Pasternack | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

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

For an idea of what kind of air athletes and spectators can expect during the Olympics -- and what Beijingers can expect for some time to come -- the past week has offered telling indications.

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My Beijing 2008: Arrival in the Host City

Andy Miah | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Summer Games, Olympics History, China, Beijing Olympics, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, Olympics, Politics News

At each of the five Games I've attended, I've found myself beguiled by trying to work out what it all means for the host nation. For China, it's a slightly different story.

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US Olympic Cyclists Fly Into China Wearing Face Masks

Reuters | Doug Hamilton | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Beijing, China Air Quality, China Pollution, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Environment, Air Pollution, Cycling, Green News

BEIJING - Some members of the U.S. cycling squad arrived for the Olympic Games on Tuesday wearing black respiratory masks, apparently concerned over r...

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Beijing's Air Is Fine, Outside Of Pollution, Pollen, Heat And Humidity

New York Times | Gina Kolata | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Sports, Olympics, Beijing, Olympic Athletes Pollution, Beijing Air, China, Beijing Olympics, Pollution, Air Pollution, China Pollution, 2008 Olympics, Green News

And it is hard to dismiss the cautionary tales. Tom Fleming, who won the New York Marathon in 1973 and 1975, is an experienced runner and coach. He wa...

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Your Guide To Swimming At The 2008 Beijing Olympics

Telegraph | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Swimming, Beijing, Olympic Swimming, Mark Spitz, Olympic Swimming Guide, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Home News

At the first modern Olympics in 1896, events were held in the Bay of Zhea, off Piraeus. The early Olympic events included a 200m obstacle race, in whi...

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Beijing Haze Bearable -- Even for Joggers

Meghan Peters | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Beijing Air, Beijing, Pollution, Olympics, China, Green News

I set out on a light run Saturday morning. I jogged for about 40 minutes straight and had no problems at all. There was no shortness of breath or wheezing. On Sunday my throat was sore.

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The Eight DO Asks: Dubious Questions Beijingers May Well Pose to Olympic Tourists

LiLi Tan | Posted 08.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Tourism, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Chinese Tourists, China Tourists, China, Living News

Here are eight questions Chinese locals have asked me, which I believe should actually concern the government.

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The Beijing Olympics and Chinese Women

Hongmei Li | Posted 08.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Feminity, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Chinese Women, Living News

The contradictions in the way Chinese women are portrayed for the Olympics symbolizes the confusion and complexities of what Chinese femininity means in a globalizing world.

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"Today" Show Moves To Beijing, Will Report On Darfur, Human Rights

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Today Show, China, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Today Show Beijing, Olympics, Media News

Monday morning, the Today show begins broadcasting from Beijing where NBC's morning show will be for the duration of the Olympic Games. Matt Lauer i...

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Beijing Issues Olympics Style Guide: No Pajamas Or PDA

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 08.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Olympics, Pda, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, China, Chinese Culture, Style News

BEIJING — Polishing up Beijing for the Olympics has extended to the city government telling residents what not to wear, advising against too man...

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Shanghai Shows Olympic Excitement

Meghan Peters | Posted 08.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Beijing, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, China Olympics, Shanghai, Living News

Despite being nearly as far from Beijing as San Francisco is from Seattle, Shanghai had the same "Beijing 2008" signs that are scattered throughout China's capital.

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Navigating the Olympics, One Character at a Time

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Mandarin, Learning Chinese, Beijing, Olympics, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Media News

The ChinesePod Olympics website includes interactive maps to allow users to search venue and national names in English, Chinese, and pinyin Romanization and match venues with the games scheduled there.

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Beijing Builds Walls In Front Of "Unsightly" Businesses, Homes

New York Times | Jake Hooker | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Olympics Protests, Small Business, Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Beijing Clean-Up, China, China Clean-Up, Olympics, Business News

BEIJING -- Tourists leaving the west gate of the Temple of Heaven next month will probably not notice Song Wei's home across the street. Nor are spect...

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In Last Ditch Effort for Clean Olympic Air, Beijing May Ban 90 Percent of Cars

Alex Pasternack | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Olympics 2008, Beijing, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Environment, China Enviromental Record, Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, Green News

Beijing is inside a "bowl" formed by mountains to the north that help to trap pollution over the city. And because athletes will be ingesting more air than an average person, the hazard for them is even greater.

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Olympic Village Opens in Beijing (PHOTOS)

AP | Stephen Wade | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Beijing Olympic Village, Olympic Village Opens, Yao Ming, Slideshow, Beijing, China, Home News

The Athletes' Village for the Beijing Olympics held its official opening ceremony Sunday, an all-Chinese curtain raiser with basketball stars Yao Ming...

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Beijing Says Traffic Measures Cut Emissions By 20%

Xinhua | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Emissions Reduction, Emissions, Beijing, Pollution, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Green News

An official at the capital's environmental regulator has shrugged off the notion of wearing masks in Beijing for fear of poor air quality, saying mask...

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"Protest Zones" Will Be Set Up For Beijing Olympics

AP | CHARLES HUTZLER | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

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BEIJING — China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift th...

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Beijing's Eiffel Tower, Of Sorts

McClatchy | Tim Johnson | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home

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London has Big Ben, Paris has the Eiffel Tower , San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge and now Beijing has an iconic structure that's likely to ide...

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No Blacks, Mongolians Allowed At Beijing Bars: Report

Huffington Post | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Beijing, China, Mongolians, Home News

Hong Kong's English newspaper The South China Morning Post reported Friday that Chinese authorities have issued a secret ban on blacks, Mongolians and...

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Homestay Away from Home

Meghan Peters | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Chinese Culture, Beijing, Beijing Tourism, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Living News

Nearly 600 Beijingers will open their homes to overseas visitors as part of an Olympic homestay program established by the city's tourism administration.

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The Triumph of the Normal: Overwhelming Olympic Imagery Swamps Dissonant Voices

Monroe Price | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Coca Cola, Coke, Beijing, Olympics, Omnicom, Olympic Advertising, Business News

A bonanza of advertising narratives, hardly critical of China, are now about to appear globally -- including ads illustrating how Coca Cola connects China benevolently to other cultures by using the Olympics as a bridge.

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Why Can't the Chinese Authorities Allow a Little Space for Protests During the Olympics?

Susan Brownell | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Olympics, China, Olympic Protests, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Protest, Politics News

At the Beijing Olympics, will activists attempt to carry out public protests and demonstrations, and how will the Chinese authorities react if they do?

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