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  • July 2008

    • Blacks Charge Harassment in China

      newser  |  Globe and Mail  |  Jul 21, 08 10:17 AM CDT

      Blacks Charge Harassment in China

      African residents of Beijing say they are facing growing harassment from police ahead of the Olympics, reports the Globe and Mail . Bar owners near the city's Workers Stadium have reportedly been ordered not to serve "black people or Mongolians." The groups have been targeted as part of China's crackdown on groups it sees as potential troublemakers. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • Chinese officials  • African

    • NBC Chafes Under Olympic Restrictions

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 21, 08 3:07 AM CDT

      NBC Chafes Under Olympic Restrictions

      NBC paid a record $900 million to cover the Beijing Olympics, but it and other networks are already nervous about how much Chinese officials will actually allow them to cover, reports the New York Times . If political protests erupt, networks will also face the dilemma of covering them and angering the Chinese—or ignoring them and facing charges of censorship from the West. Reporters are already facing intimidation and harassment. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • NBC  • Beijing  • Olympic protests  • media coverage

    • China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

      newser  |  Hollywood Reporter  |  Jul 18, 08 4:33 PM CDT

      China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

      Steven Spielberg or his films could be banned from China under the new rules barring artists seen as a threat to national sovereignty, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Spielberg rankled Chinese leadership when he publicly withdrew from an artistic advisory board for the Beijing Olympics in protest of the nation’s trade arrangements with Sudan. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Beijing  • censorship  • Steven Spielberg  • free speech  • artistic expression

    • Beijing Faces Glut of Hotel Rooms

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 18, 08 12:55 PM CDT

      Beijing Faces Glut of Hotel Rooms

      Beijing’s newest construction binge may lead to a glut of rooms as hoteliers race to finish new properties before the Olympic Games begin in August, the Wall Street Journal reports. When the Games open, Beijing will have 50 five-star hotels, more than double the total of five years ago. While three-quarters of those rooms are booked, fewer than half the rooms at four-stars are reserved. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • Olympic Games  • luxury hotels  • hotels  • hospitality

    • China Offers Olympics Visitors Tips

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jul 14, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      China Offers Olympics Visitors Tips

      Organizers of the Beijing Olympics released their "Spectators' House Rules" today, aiming to keep order during the August Games as well as protect the hosts from embarrassing incidents, the London Times reports. For starters, babies are discouraged but not forbidden. Other dos and don'ts: Permitted: Umbrellas ("In Beijing we prefer to avoid the sunlight," says an organizing committee official) Small quantities of lip gloss, fountain pens, and sunscreen More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing

    • China Falls Behind on Olympic Promises

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 8, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      China Falls Behind on Olympic Promises

      With exactly a month to go before the Olympics, China has not delivered on promises to improve Beijing’s air quality or allow foreign journalists open access, the BBC reports. The government vowed to bring Beijing’s air up to WHO standards when bidding for the Games, but a BBC test showed the city over the pollution limit 6 days out of 7. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • pollution  • Beijing  • air pollution  • journalist  • smog  • repression  • political freedoms

    • Bush: Olympic Boycott Would Be 'Affront' to Chinese People

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jul 6, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      Bush: Olympic Boycott Would Be 'Affront' to Chinese People

      President Bush today defended his decision not to boycott the Beijing Olympics next month, saying skipping “would be an affront to the Chinese people" that would make it difficult "to speak more frankly with the Chinese leadership.” Speaking ahead of tomorrow's G8 meeting in Japan, Bush said he would address concerns over religious freedom and human rights with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Games. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Japan  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • Hu Jintao  • boycott  • Olympic boycotts  • Group of Eight

  • June 2008

    • China's One-Child Policy Leads to Nation of Angry Men

      newser  |  New Republic  |  Jun 28, 08 7:43 PM CDT

      China's One-Child Policy Leads to Nation of Angry Men

      China’s got a big problem, one of its own making. The nation's one-child policy, now 30 years old, has resulted in a land of angry, testosterone-filled young men unable to find wives, writes Mara Hvistendahl in the New Republic . Finally worried about the world's biggest gender imbalance and its related spike in crime, the government is "vainly" seeking solutions—one campaign makes the point that having a baby girl isn't so bad, after all— but the problem seems almost certain to get worse in coming years. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • violence  • Communism  • infant mortality  • young men

    • Daring Architecture Energizes Beijing

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  Jun 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      Daring Architecture Energizes Beijing

      Some of the world’s most adventurous architects have found a gung-ho partner in Beijing, the most noticable payoff being the soon-to-be completed CCTV headquarters—"a dazzling reinvention of the skyscraper," writes Paul Goldberger in the New Yorker. Other creations, such as an ovoid peforming arts center dismissed as "the egg" by residents, come off as "silly and cumbersome," but such risks are worth it. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • architecture  • new construction  • Forbidden City  • automobile  • cctv

    • Tough Visa Rules Threaten to Slash Olympic Tourism

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 24, 08 6:31 AM CDT

      Tough Visa Rules Threaten to Slash Olympic Tourism

      Heightened visa restrictions in China have shrunk tourism ahead of the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Numbers of foreign visitors to Beijing fell 14% last month when government officials tightened the rules to bolster security. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • tourism  • security  • visa

    • Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      newser  |  Jezebel  |  Jun 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT

      Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      A Chinese graphic novelist determined to keep the aftermath of last month's earthquake on the front burner is using her new blog to get the message out, and fellow citizen journalists on the other side of the world are catching on. "We love you, Coco Wang," a blogger at New York-based Jezebel writes to the Beijing-based artist. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • blog  • China earthquake  • blogger  • blogging  • artist  • blogs  • graphic novel  • blog posts

    • China Orders Muslims to Stay Home for Torch Relay

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 16, 08 9:06 AM CDT

      China Orders Muslims to Stay Home for Torch Relay

      Chinese officials have told China's Muslim Uighur to stay in their homes and watch the Olympic torch on TV when it winds its way through the troubled western region of Xinjiang, Reuters reports. Beijing blames the Uighur for a series of attacks that are part of a push for an independent state. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • Olympic torch  • torch relay  • Muslims  • Muslim  • Xinjiang

    • Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 6, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      Eight giant pandas shaken by last month's earthquake made their first appearance at the Beijing Zoo yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Huge crowds visited the pandas, who seemed none the worse for wear from the move, planned before the quake to coincide with the Olympics. The zoo expects daily crowds of 100,000 this weekend, five times normal. More »

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      earthquake  • animal  • Beijing  • China earthquake  • zoo  • panda  • quake  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center

  • May 2008

    • China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 28, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark

      China's president met today with the leader of Taiwan's governing party, the BBC reports, in the highest-level talks between the two entities since the split in 1949. Wu Poh-hsiung is visiting China to discuss cooperation on transport and tourism, and pressed Hu Jintao for a greater global presence for the island; Hu expressed gratitude for Taiwan's role in earthquake relief. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • China earthquake  • aid  • Hu Jintao  • Taiwan  • transport

    • China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  May 26, 08 5:27 PM CDT

      China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle&mdash;at First

      Beijing's new Olympic buildings will impress the world at first glance, Paul Goldberger writes in the New Yorker . The National Stadium boasts a lattice of crisscrossing beams, and the blue-gray Aquatic Center seems underwater with its translucent plastic pillows. But peel back the paint, and see evidence of what enrages the world about China. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • architecture  • stadium  • migrant labor

    • 7.8 Earthquake Rocks China

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 12, 08 3:05 AM CDT

      7.8 Earthquake Rocks China

      A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked central China today, with shaking felt a thousand miles away in Beijing, and in Thailand and Vietnam. Exact damage or injuries were not known, but the quake hit about 60 miles from Chengdu, a city of 10 million in China's Sichuan province, reports CNN. "This is a very dangerous earthquake," said a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey. Five people are reported dead, with 100 injured. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • Beijing  • quake  • US Geological Survey

    • Capital Ambition Feeds Beijing's Building Boom

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 2, 08 12:42 PM CDT

      Capital Ambition Feeds Beijing's Building Boom

      The new Terminal 3 at Beijing airport—the largest building in the world—is not only the gateway for visitors streaming into the Chinese capital for this summer's Olympics. It's also the capstone for an unprecedented building program that has transformed Beijing into a world-scale architectural showcase. The New York Times looks at how China is translating its rapid growth and political ambition into such projects—and hoping the world notices. More »

  • April 2008

    • Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

      newser  |  Slate  |  Apr 30, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

      Red-faced Disney execs paused their Miley Cyrus finger-wagging yesterday when asked about a billboard showcasing an underage model in Disney-themed skivvies above a Beijing subway station, Slate reports. The ad, paid for by the squeaky-clean cartoon empire, features a pig-tailed pubescent girl lounging in mouse-logo bra and panties playing with a pair of Minnie Mouse puppets. More »

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      scandals  • Beijing  • Disney  • Miley Cyrus  • advertisements

    • 70 Killed in China Train Crash

      newser  |  AFP  |  Apr 28, 08 6:12 AM CDT

      70 Killed in China Train Crash

      At least 70 people were killed early today when a high-speed passenger train traveling from Beijing jumped the tracks and slammed into another train, AFP reports. Some 250 injured were pulled from the mangled wreckage in the city of Zibo in Shandong province. Officials discounted terrorism and blamed human error for the crash, the worst in China in a decade, but did not elaborate. Two railroad officials were fired shortly after the accident. More »

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      China  • accident  • Beijing  • train  • train crash

    • Trade Show Offers Top Gear to China Cops

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 27, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Trade Show Offers Top Gear to China Cops

      A police trade show packed with Western goods is thriving in Beijing despite worldwide outrage against China, the New York Times reports. DuPont and Motorola are among big-name companies selling items like bulletproof Kevlar and wireless systems for cops. Washington, which forbids the sale of police technology to China, was shocked to hear about items on the show floor. More »

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      China  • police  • Beijing  • security  • security technology

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