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Beijing stories: 105 news summaries

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China Offers Olympics Visitors Tips

Organizing committee lists dos and don'ts
for spectators

Jul 14, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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
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China Falls Behind on Olympic Promises

Despite vows, not much change on air quality, political freedom

Jul 8, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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

Prez says he'll tackle human rights in Beijing

Jul 6, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

analysis

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

Huge gender imbalance spurs skyrocketing crime rate

Jun 28, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Beijing • infant mortality • violence • Communism • young men • one-child policy

glossies

 Daring Architecture 
 Energizes Beijing 

Some buildings work, some don't, but overall vibe among residents is a good one

Jun 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Tough Visa Rules Threaten to Slash Olympic Tourism

Visitors vanish as China boosts security

Jun 24, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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 • security • tourism • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • visa

 Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus 

Chinese graphic novelist tells stories from the disaster zone

Jun 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Beijing • blogging • blog • artist • blogger • graphic novel • blogs • China earthquake • blog posts • Coco Wang • Earthquake Strips

China Orders Muslims to Stay Home for Torch Relay

Beijing blames community for independence attacks

Jun 16, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Quake Pandas Delight Beijing 

Olympic bears take up residence in city's zoo

Jun 6, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark 

Summit, aimed to boost business, is highest-level contact since 1949

May 28, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Taiwan • Beijing • aid • Hu Jintao • transport • China earthquake • Wu Poh-hsiung

OPINION

 China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

Beijing tried to impress, not deal with deeper issues

May 26, 08 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 7.8 Earthquake Rocks China 

Strikes near city of 10 million; 5 reported dead

May 12, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Beijing • quake • US Geological Survey • earthquake

 Capital Ambition Feeds
 Beijing's Building Boom 

China developing reputation as architectural showcase

May 2, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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 ... More »

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China • architecture • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Beijing Capital International Airport • Norman Foster • airport terminal • Rem Koolhaas • Herzog and de Meuron

 Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney 

Speechless execs say Chinese billboard will be removed immediately

Apr 30, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Beijing • Disney • advertisements • Miley Cyrus • scandal

 70 Killed in China Train Crash 

Passenger train jumps tracks, slams into second train

Apr 28, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Trade Show Offers Top Gear to China Cops

Washington shocked
as US firms sell
gizmos to Beijing

Apr 27, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • security • police • Beijing • security technology • trade show

Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

Dog's or yak's unmentionables for dinner, anyone?

Apr 26, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - If your idea of good eating doesn't stretch to yak's penis or duck testicles, then Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant definitely isn't the place for you. The exclusive restaurant's menu is made up almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes, Der Speigel reports. Well-heeled businessmen flock in for dishes such as "... More »

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China • Beijing • restaurant • penis • Chinese food • restaurateurs

 Thousands Chant 'Fire
 Cafferty' Outside CNN 

Chinese Americans upset over pundit's remarks

Apr 19, 08 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Hollywood today over recent anti-China remarks by CNN commentator Jack Cafferty, the Los Angeles Times reports. The crowd chanted "Fire Cafferty" and sang Chinese songs outside the CNN building in Hollywood. "We understand free speech," one protester said. "But what if... More »

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China • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • CNN • Jack Cafferty • Chinese Americans

Beijing Eases Limits on Wikipedia

But topics such as Tibet, Tiananmen remain off limits

Apr 5, 08 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prodded by the International Olympic Committee, China has seemingly eased restrictions on the English-language version of Wikipedia, Reuters reports. But authorities continue to block access to articles related to sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square. Users in Shanghai and Beijing, the site of the summer Olympics, reported being... More »

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China • Wikipedia • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Shanghai • International Olympic Committee • Internet access • Internet censorship

Beijing Bans Smoking in
Time for Games

But earlier rules were no match for cigarette-addicted

Apr 1, 08 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - China, the world's most populous country, is also home to the planet's largest number of smokers. But in the latest effort to clear the air for the Olympics, Beijing has banned smoking in government offices and public transportation, and mandated smoke-free areas in restaurants as of May 1. The penalty:... More »

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China • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • smoking ban

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