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Tag Archives: olympics
Olympic Iraqi sprinter using busted second-hand spikes for competition
伊拉克女队员穿二手跑鞋参加奥运(图)_网易奥运 via kwout Pictures of the old shoes and T-shirts that the Iraqi team are using have been circulating around the internet. Here are some supposed pictures of the pair of shoes that Dana Hussein is going to use. Chinese … Continue reading
Chinese soccer team gets ridiculed on internet
网友制作奥运大片讽刺国奥：臭脚总动员(图)_网易奥运 via kwout Not surprising, really. The e’gao crowd has made a bunch of take the piss mock movie posters featuring various players from team China. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F16%2Fchinese-soccer-team-gets-ridiculed-on-internet%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Chinese+soccer+team+gets+ridiculed+on+internet’; addthis_pub = ”;
Weightlifter Cao Lei didn’t know her own mother had died two months ago
曹磊泪撒新闻发布会 “把金牌献给去世的母亲”_网易奥运 via kwout Her family refused requests by reporters and media for interviews and kept everything on the DL to ensure that the news wouldn’t upset Cao Lei and ruin her chances for getting Gold. 曹磊的父亲瞒女儿两个月，这期间曹磊家人谢绝了所有媒体的采访，就是不想让任何一个人去了解到这件事情，从而破坏曹磊备战的心情。今天的比赛中，曹磊爸爸也关掉了手机，就是希望此刻的他能够安安静静的等着女儿举出一块金牌。 I have to … Continue reading
Foreign scalpers at the Beijing Olympics…
Business of Olympic tickets booming for touts via kwout Apparently, foreigners are getting into the scalping biz too…what is interesting is that the article says a bunch of Chinese ones were arrested in front of their western counterparts. That I … Continue reading
Some Olympics photos from Marc Aspland of the Times UK
Olympics in Pictures via kwout This picture is from the Times UK photographer Marc Aspland: quite nice and painterly. He’s photoblogging the Games but if you’re in China you probably have to use a proxy to read his typepad.com blog. … Continue reading
Can you buy Opening Ceremony DVDs at the Shanghai Book City?
视频：奥运会开幕式DVD上海热卖_视频新闻_新闻_腾讯网 via kwout According to this report, you can or will be able to soon. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F14%2Fcan-you-buy-opening-ceremony-dvds-at-the-shanghai-book-city%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Can+you+buy+Opening+Ceremony+DVDs+at+the+Shanghai+Book+City%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;
China: we only hear what we want to hear
美国侨报：世界应无恙，当惊中国殊——百度新闻搜索 via kwout I was looking at this Baidu news page, scanning through some of the headlines. You notice that most of them are about how impressed the world is with the Olympics, with some obligatory fellow-feeling from the overseas … Continue reading
CBC on “man-kinis”
Want to beat the heat? Try a ‘man-kini’ via kwout I love fun journalism, or at least pretend to for the sake of not seeming like a totally uptight egghead. The CBC has a series called “Olympic Vignettes”and this one … Continue reading
Google China has some nifty Olympics features and functions
Clicking around Google China, I found some stuff that might be of some help as I prepare to head up to Beijing later today. One of them is the SMS alert function, where you can subscribe to stuff like overall … Continue reading
BBC Chinese on the “harmoniousness” of the Olympics
BBC 中文网 | 中国报道 | 奥运外围：当“和谐”被重复千遍 via kwout BBC Chinese journalist Meng Ke tells it like it is in the above article. He roasts some of the sacred cows of Olympics propaganda, like the “100 years dream of the Chinese … Continue reading