Topic: china

It's 08/08/08, and the Olympics are starting. I'm still unsure how I, personally, feel about the Olympics being in China. On the one hand, I hate their politics and their human wrongs. On the other; well, the Olympics are supposed to be unifying the world in the field of sports even through wars and other strife. The Olympics are supposed to transcend our "normal" lives to some other plane. But,...

china's rain stoppers face big test from financial times: Of all the Chinese officials working behind the scenes to produce a flawless Olympic opening ceremony on Friday evening, few face a task as daunting as those in charge of making sure it does not rain. Staff from China’s “weather modification” departments have deployed aircraft, artillery and rocket launchers to ward off rain...

I would like to design a party with lots and lots of mix and match china plates. I've had this source, first seen on Your Heart Out, bookmarked for a while. Photo from Your Heart Out....

In an 11th-hour move that shocked the international athletic and political communities alike, the Chinese Olympic Team announced Wednesday that it will not be attending the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing due to "shocking, shameful, and ultimately dangerous environmental conditions" in the host city. "Given the unconscionably bad environmental state of the area in and around the site of the 2008 Summer...

The meaningless drivel of Olympic politicking between our witless administration and the baton swingers in Beijing begins.

That is freakin hysterical. But I do have to note that I am impressed at the efforts China is putting in to really make this work for everybody. I think them blocking Huff Post is simply ridiculous though. You may have followed the ongoing controversy about the Chinese government blocking foreign journalists' access to certain Internet sites during the Beijing Olympics. Most of the...

Don't expect your 3G phone to work at the 2008 Olympics Games, running August 8-24, 2008 in Beijing. (nbcolympics.com and Olympic Theme, MP-3). The cell phone standard of choice in China is TD-SCDMA, developed by the Chinese for the Chinese market. Their flavor of 3G will cover at least 10 Chinese cities in time for the Games. China Mobile, the operator charged with bringing TD-SCDMA to...

PsyOp: Is Washington Intent on Sabotaging the Beijing Olympics? "In the weeks leading up to the Beijing Olympics, an atmosphere of fear and insecurity is unfolding. China has not only been targeted for its human rights violations, a China based Islamic terrorist organization has announced that it is planning to "create havoc" at the outset of the Olympics. According to media reports, the...

Just in time for the Olympics ... AP PhotoA total solar eclipse is seen in Jiuquan, in China's western Gansu province Friday Aug 1, 2008. Millions of Chinese along the ancient Silk Road gathered Friday to gaze at a total...

The sobering images and stories out of China, as the nation prepares to host the Olympic games, makes me consider our own nation and its direction. Do we want to end up like China? The skies are so densely polluted in the city I don't know how they even breathe there. They are trying to clear the skies for better public image for the games, and so the athletes can actually compete, by...