Olympics · August, 2008 · Global Voices

Olympics · August, 2008
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Stories about Olympics from August, 2008

China: gold medals=a great power in sports?

East Asia31 August 2008

51 gold medals, a comment of "truly exceptional" from IOC, and spectacular images left to the world, China held a real party of sports in 16-day Olympics. But does this...

Egypt: Olympics Investigation

Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa30 August 2008

China: The Cost of a Gold Medal

Quick Reads · East Asia29 August 2008

China: Translating New York Times Olympic Report

Quick Reads · East Asia28 August 2008

China: Cop-killer online hero case goes on trial

East Asia26 August 2008

Yang Jia's case goes to trial today, after having been postponed for the Olympics. Previously he had been harmonized after having been heroized by many online for walking into a...

China: My Peasant Dad Watches The Olympics

Quick Reads · East Asia26 August 2008

Brazil: An Olympic balance

Latin America25 August 2008

For a country whose best record was its 15th place in Athens last time, Brazil's 23th medal table position in the Beijing Olympics, with only 3 gold medals was not...

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: People Power

Quick Reads · Caribbean25 August 2008

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba: Olympic Medals

Quick Reads · Caribbean25 August 2008

Cape Verde: Counting the Olympic medals for Africa

Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa25 August 2008

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