· August, 2008

Stories about Chinese from August, 2008

China: Earthquake 100 days

  21 August 2008

Aug 19 is the 100 days of Sichuan earthquake, Wang Ning posted photos of Beichuan earthquake zone for memorizing the deaths.

China: Watching women's volleyball

  20 August 2008

Thanks to Bill Bishop at the MarketWatch Olympic Blog, we are given a recount of a day at the beach watching the US, Brazil and China's women's volleyball teams in the semi-finals. Not just that, Bill points us to a link that shows what the Beach Babes cheerleaders had to...

Hong Kong: Tai Kok Tsui's Photo

  20 August 2008

Tai Kok Tsui is an old district in Hong Kong and is now undergoing urban renewal (demolition of old buildings). Kursk spent a Sunday taking photos in order to record the old city landscape.

China: Truth or Lie?

  20 August 2008

Immusoul said that he could not believe in Liu Xiang's explanation about his withdrawal yet, as there weren't any independent / third party evidence supporting his explanation yet. Moreover, up till, most of the decisions made during the Olympics were related with “interest”.

Hong Kong: Fireman

  19 August 2008

Recently two Fire fighters died in a fire accident, a fireman blogger pointed out that the fire teams have been suffering from inadequate facilities and staffs back up that puts their life at risk.

China: Don't be Afraid of the 50 Cents

  18 August 2008

Yan Yunfei recently faced a lot of internet bullying in his blog when he commented on Olympics. He wasn't sure whether the comments came from the 50 cents gang and urged other bloggers not to be afraid of the government leaded Internet opinion mob, as he believed in the power...

China: Liu Xiang is out and we are sad

  18 August 2008

The news that Liu Xiang has injured his foot and temporarily unable to compete shocked China over lunchtime Monday. He Caitou has reposted the fastest-rising thread at Baidu (first posted a month ago) in which someone claims they dreamt this was going to happen.

China: Manufacturer's Apprehension

  18 August 2008

Shen yin from the mindmeter posted an interview with a local manufacturer talking about the difficult market condition that Chinese manufacturers are facing [zh].

China: Audience

  18 August 2008

A BBS thread at ifeng has a debate on the Chinese audiences’ performance, some criticized that Chinese audiences shouldn't have booed the Japanese team during the volleyball match. Some defended that cheering and booing in ball game match is normal.

China: Pick your truth on He Kexin's age

  16 August 2008

People are calling for bone testing to find the truth regarding He Kexin‘s age, Life 2.0 blogger Isaac Mao writes: ‘Forget that, we've already won and lost all the face there is to win or lose. The IOC is playing stupid, so let them have it.’ So just what is...

China: Fake news plagues Chinese sports reports

  15 August 2008

So much speculation these past few days on the ages of some of the girls on China's Olympic gymnastics team, specifically He Kexin and a fair amount of references to keep it going. Famous Chinese sports writer and Bullog blogger Wang Xiaoshan has posted a dramatically-titled piece, ‘Fake news kills’,...

China: Football Team Welcome You

  15 August 2008

Frustrated with the Chinese football team performance in the Olympics, Chinese netizens changed the lyrics of “Beijing welcome you” into “Chinese football team welcome you” and uploaded the music videos onto youtube.

China: Lose-lose Situation for Football

  15 August 2008

Xueyung criticized the Chinese football team at the Olympics and said that the team not only lost the match but also their image. However, the blogger pointed out that the football fans also need to be responsible for the situation.

China: Citizen reporter Zuola carted off

  14 August 2008

Less than an hour ago, prominent Chinese citizen blogger was visited at home by authorities and driven off. Fortunately, he had Twitter on hand and was able to get the word out as he was being detained.

Japan: Debate over Google Street View continues

  14 August 2008

Less than two weeks after Google rolled out Street View in Japan, debate continues in the blogs over whether the new service is an appropriate match for Japanese culture and urban residential life. A letter addressed to Google written by IT professional Osamu Higuchi drew a huge reaction last week, the translation of which was picked up abroad in both the U.S. and the U.K., in Japan both in English and in Japanese, and eventually even made its way onto Chinese bulletin boards. While many bloggers in Japan supported sentiments expressed in the letter, others responded with criticism.

Hong Kong and China: Pillar of Shame Exhibition During Olympics

  14 August 2008

The Time Square in Hong Kong is having an art exhibition during Beijing Olympics until Aug 19. Two of the artworks look like the Pillar of Shame, an artwork to memorize the June 4 massacre. Local art group invited Szeto Wah to give a radical interpretation of the artworks, esp....

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