Torch Relay

Blowing Smoke: Olympic Torch Relay Fans May Be Faux

LiLi Tan | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics


LiLi Tan

It appears that the jubilant cheering surrounding Yao Ming and China's first astronaut Yang Liwei -- though perhaps sincere -- was staged. "They're actors," the son of a Chinese torchbearer told me.

An Insight into IOC Thinking: Its 2007 Beijing Briefing on Major Communications Issues

Monroe Price | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media


Monroe Price

One of the most interesting documents to appear during July's IOC/blogosphere brouhaha was an internal IOC document dated August 3, 2007 called Beijing Briefing Kit: One-Year-to-Go Countdown Resource.

The Chinese Student Frontline in PRC's Olympic Public Diplomacy

Monroe Price | Posted 05.05.2008 | Media


Monroe Price

The 45,000 Chinese students in the United States now carry the potential to become a voice in th US. We've seen the effect of this in the torch debates and elsewhere.

The Olympic Torch Relay's Nazi Origin

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Don't pretend that the torch protests sully some pure tradition in a way it has never before been sullied. This particular tradition began in shame, not in purity.

New Global Olympic Event: Asymmetric Information Competition

Monroe Price | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics


Monroe Price

Think of the Olympic torch coverage in a context beyond Tibet, beyond China, beyond the Olympics -- namely "asymmetric" information warfare.

Drawn to the Olympic Flame: A View from the Ground

Christal Smith | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics


Christal Smith

San Francisco, a city that honors free speech, would be the place to safely air strong feelings about what the torch and the games mean. Or so the thinking went.

Hey China: Torch this Relay

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics


Susan Kaiser Greenland

The protests this week have impacted the tenor of the conversation between the IOC and the Chinese government and helped persuade many foreign leaders to stay home. This is no small accomplishment.

Friday Talking Points [27] -- Petraeus Week

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Thus endeth another Petraeus week on Capitol Hill. I have to say, I was impressed at the caliber of the questions asked, but severely disappointed at ...

How to Protest the Beijing Olympics

David Wallechinsky | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


David Wallechinsky

Protesting the Beijing Olympics are not enough to bring independence to Tibet, democracy to China or allow the Chinese people to finally practice freedom of speech and religion.


 

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