Latest posts by John Kennedy from August, 2008
China: Tibetan protesters raise flag outside Olympic stadium
Still waiting (updating below) for more details, but Qik.com vlogger Noel Hidalgo is at the scene and giving updates via Twitter. Here's a video he took just a few minutes...
China: Considering the Olympics with an open mind
Highly recommend you read this post from media psychologist Pamela Rutledge which would have Chinese bloggers doing countless push-ups if they (could) read it. On the recent terrorism incidents: “I...
China: Olympic tattoos
If you make it to the Olympics, make sure to get your picture taken with this guy who got the Olympic rings and the logo for the Beijing Olympic Games...
China: Olympic sign taller than the Great Wall
“1st thing I see as I ascend the wall,” writes Flickr user Moonage Daydreamer, “slogan for the Beijing 2008 Olympics…could be seen everywhere in China: on bumper stickers, sides of...
China: Olympics fatigue
It's one thing to say that people in Beijing and other places around the country are getting tired of the disruptions the Olympics have brought, but Xiao Qiang at China...
China: On parachute reporting for the Olympics
Last week tech blogger Thomas Crampton looked at the issues faced by foreign journalists “parachuting” into the Olympics, such as getting a scoop vs. getting a source in trouble. A...
China: List of websites unblocked for the Olympics
Life 2.0 blogger Isaac Mao has compiled a list [zh] of news websites that were unblocked this past week for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Many are wondering how long...
China: BBC lambasted for stock photo inaccuracy
"We use LCD screens now, how could a photo with such an old monitor be called news? Do they think we haven't been developing here these past eight years? They can't even make fake news properly!"
China: Healing through Olympic participation
Susan Brownell at The China Beat recounts a moving story of how she and a few colleagues took a re-enactment of the Olympic Torch relay to one of the hardest-hit...
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