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Olympic Torch lights up Great Wall

tedliptak wrote 14 hours ago: (JIAYUGUAN, June 6) — Mayor of Jiayuguan Ma Guangming closes out the Jiayuguan leg of the Oly … more »

Tags: Daily news, Beijing Olympics, China, Great Wall, Great Wall of China, News

Dalai Lama Must Disavow Violence Entirely to Please China; Give Assurance of No Olympic Impact

johnibii wrote 3 days ago: By John E. Carey Peace and Freedom t seems as if China has put into place 1 Million restrictions and … more »

Tags: Beijing, China, Chinese, Dalai Lama, Lhasa, News, Olympics, Paris, Politics

Olympic Torch Relay

Olympic Blogger wrote 1 week ago: … more »

Olympic Flame Ghosts Through Xinjiang1 comment

Bob wrote 2 weeks ago: The Olympic torch is continuing it’s path to back to Beijing via every province in China, and … more »

Tags: Culture, media, Protests, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, beijing olympics games, James Reynolds, kashgar, Olympic flame

Olympic Torch Relay Finds True Olympic Spirit

michaelmogg wrote 1 month ago: Today, the Beijing Olympic torch relay converged with the ultimate incarnation of the Olympic spirit … more »

Tags: China, Opinion, Mao Zedong, Beijing Olympic Games, 2008 Summer Olympics, cultural revolution

Olympic Torch, Tibet, and Human Rights Protesters

Jay wrote 1 month ago: I  have been  following  the  Olympic Torch Relay and the sequential violent protests since it s … more »

Tags: tibet, Human Rights Protesters

Sikkim 10 do it alone-Expedition everest1 comment

barunroy wrote 1 month ago: Gangtok, May 22: For the first time, in an independent expedition, a 10-member team from the Sonam G … more »

Tags: In Newspapers Today, nepal, gangtok, China, d d bhutia, Mount Everest, Tibetan Plateau, Jammu and Kashmir, sonam gyatso mountaineering institute

Beijing Olympics: Reconciliation Games?

johnibii wrote 1 month ago: By Les Lothringer and John E. Carey Two weeks ago, like many China watchers, the two of us were spli … more »

Tags: News, Politics, China, Chinese, Olympics, Beijing, beijing summer olympics, Earthquake, Olympic games

Three Minute Silence & Three Day Torch Relay Break4 comments

Bob wrote 1 month ago: A three minute silence was observed today at 2.28pm Beijing Time (6.28 GMT), one week after the terr … more »

Tags: media, Public expectation, Beijing Olympics, Olympic Torch Relay, Wenchuan, Sichuan, wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan earthquake, Hangzhou

China's quake calms Olympic controversies

johnibii wrote 1 month ago: By CHARLES HUTZLER, Associated Press Writer BEIJING - China’s deadliest earthquake in a gen … more »

Tags: Beijing Games, China, Chinese, Darfur, Human Rights, News, Olympics, Politics, Sudan

VANOC kindling a greener olympic flame - high on carbon monoxide apparently

eeyun wrote 1 month ago: Apparently the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) is concerned that the olympic flame might not be … more »

Tags: Diatribes, YVR, Vancouver, VANOC, Olympics, 2010, Green

The sacred torch, the cross and the earthquake20 comments

Ned Kelly wrote 1 month ago: First, Catherine and I want to make it clear that we are not gloating over the suffering caused by t … more »

Tags: Beijing Olympics, Ned Kelly's Pub, Religious Freedom, china earthquake, Jin Jing

Olympic Torch Relay Scaled Back In Respect1 comment

Bob wrote 1 month ago: It seems rather futile blogging about other issues in light of the fact that thousands of people sti … more »

Tags: Environment, Protests, Wenchuan, earhtquake, Sichuan, wenchuan earthquake, Chinese Earthquake

Olympic Torch At Top Of Mount Everest? That's Just Stupid!1 comment

jmjorat wrote 1 month ago: By now, everyone knows the Olympic Torch has been making its rounds throughout the world. Some chee … more »

Tags: Everest, News, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, China, Chinese, Mount Everest, mountain climbing, Olympic games

Chinese soldiers - pins in their collars and crosses on their backs

anwin wrote 1 month ago: Demonised in the West as goons guarding the Olympic torch along its chaotic world tour, these pictu … more »

Tags: Cultures, soldiers, China, Olympics

Chengdu/Wenchuan Earthquake

xindaya wrote 1 month ago: Just a quick note to put up a clearinghouse for some of the best news sources for information on the … more »

Tags: News, chengdu, CNN, 照片, 维基百科, Earthquake, Images, Sichuan, torch

The Fire Through China

King David wrote 1 month ago: I made a recent trip into China. To my dismay, I realised that I wasn’t able to access my bl … more »

Tags: Ponderings, China, Fire, Fire Relay Route, God, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Olympic games, Politics

Real Life Fuwa1 comment

Bob wrote 1 month ago:   A fun Olympics feel-good story from Xinhua News today; Quintuplets bring Olympic mascots to life. … more »

Tags: Culture, Fuwa, Just For Fun, Preparation, Olympic Mascots, olympics torch

#105 olympic torch reached mt everest

gleechoo wrote 1 month ago: The Olympic Torch reached Qomolongma on Mt Everest on May 8th: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7389 … more »

Tags: Olympic games, Celebration


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