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...
AP | CHARLES HUTZLER | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home
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...
McClatchy | Tim Johnson | Posted 07.20.2008 | Home
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.19.2008 | Home
Hong Kong's English newspaper The South China Morning Post reported Friday that Chinese authorities have issued a secret ban on blacks, Mongolians and...
Meghan Peters | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
Nearly 600 Beijingers will open their homes to overseas visitors as part of an Olympic homestay program established by the city's tourism administration.
Monroe Price | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business
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.
Susan Brownell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
At the Beijing Olympics, will activists attempt to carry out public protests and demonstrations, and how will the Chinese authorities react if they do?
Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green
The issue of air quality during Beijing's "green" Olympics isn't really such a big deal. It's a red herring. A smokescreen.
Guardian | Matthew Weaver | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Chinese authorities today claimed they had foiled an attempt to sabotage next month's Beijing Olympics as they confirmed the shooting dead of five all...
Danwei | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
A Chinese blogger called Han Yue has posted a notice that purports to be from the Beijing City Government Food Safety Office (北京市政府食品安...
Sinobyte | Graham Webster | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green
Despite advertised measures to decrease pollution, as we approach the one month countdown to the Beijing Olympics, the government's numbers rank Beiji...
Rebecca Fannin | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business
What I sense in China is an optimistic spirit of millions of young people. It is uplifting to be around -- whereas as much as I don't like to admit it, Ohio is depressing and depressed.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business
The Olympics in Beijing this summer involve a lot of drastic, last-minute facelifting for China, from smog cleanup to unusual Chinese algae collection...
Monroe Price | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment
The search is on for the unique encapsulation, the stroke that conveys China, the Olympics and change all in one go -- Weiwei is a cornucopia of the complexity of China.
Meghan Peters | Posted 07.07.2008 | Media
It seems the Chinese government's bark is bigger than its bite. Any attempt at extra security for the Olympics has seemed harmless -- sometimes even pointless.
London Times | Flora Bagenal | Posted 07.06.2008 | Green
Pollution around the Olympic stadium in Beijing could be five times worse than levels deemed safe by the World Health Organisation. Chinese officials...
AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
TOYAKO, Japan — President Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ce...
AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green
QINGDAO, China — China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are sup...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home
Who needs an armored, mine-resistant fighting vehicle to fight terrorists when you have a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric scooter? In Jinan, Shan...
Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green
The South China tiger hasn't been seen since the 1960s. That's why photographs that emerged last year in Shaanxi Province, China, earned so much suspicion from eagle-eyed bloggers.
Forbes | Gady A. Epstein | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business
Interested in attending the Olympics but didn't plan ahead? You may be in luck--especially if you're a corporate big shot with a private jet and more ...
The Guardian | Tom Lamont | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home
J is for Jackie Chan As well as being an official ambassador of the Olympics (and owner of a Segway dealership that will provide a fleet of the uprig...
AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business
BEIJING - This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that c...
Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media
Assuming that people heading to Beijing have already been getting ready mentally, this regimen is for those who want to be informed consumers of Olympic broadcasts.
Danwei | Posted 06.27.2008 | Business
Visas, camera equipment for foreign news crews, tickets to Olympic events: who needs 'em? The People's Daily rightly puts the focus on the true needs ...
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Xinhua | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green