Yao Ming has suffered a stress fracture in his left foot, announced this Tuesday before his team’s match in the NBA. He will be out for the rest
of the NBA season and it is not clear whether he will be fit in time to take part in the Olympic basketball competition.
For an interesting personal take [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Yao Ming injury could fracture his Olympic dream
Posted in Athletes, Public expectation, tagged olympic basketball, yao injury, Yao ming, yao ming injury, yao ming olympics on 27 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Spielberg Saga II: The IOC response
Posted in Media, Protests, tagged human rights, Mihir Bose, olympic protests, steven spielberg on 26 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC’s sports Editor Mihir Bose has interviewed the IOC’s legal advisor (and former Director General) Francois Carrard, with the resulting article published today. The topic; human rights. Carrard defends the IOC’s decision to award the 2008 Games to China:
“I’m convinced that when we look at this (9hu9man9 9rights in China) with the perspective [...]
‘Etiquette lessons’: Seat-giving
Posted in Culture, Preparation, tagged Beijing Olympics, etiquette, queuing, spitting on 24 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
”We are Olympic hosts and should give visitors from home and abroad a good impression”
A quote from a Beijing resident as part of a China Daily article reporting the launch of “Seat-giving day”. From now on the 22nd of each month passengers on public transport will be urged to offer their seats to those in [...]
The Spielberg Saga
Posted in Preparation, Protests, tagged china, darfur, olympic protests, olympics, steven spielberg, sudan on 22 February 2008 | 5 Comments »
Unless you’ve spent the whole of the Year of the Rat thus far on a desert island, you will already know that Steven Spielberg has stepped down from his position as artistic advisor for the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. (His involvement was noted here in a previous note.)
The reason
Darfur. More specifically, the fact [...]
Happy Year of the Rat (and the Panda, Swallow, Antelope, Flame and Fish)
Posted in Beijing, Media, Preparation, tagged 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese New Year, FuWa, Olympic year on 11 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chinese New Year celebrations peaked this weekend, and what better way to mark them than with some pictures of the colour-rich celebrations. In London people paraded through Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and China Town in the largest celebrations outside Asia.
With just 6 months to go to the Olympics (178 days as [...]
British Olympic Association remove ‘gag’ on athletes
Posted in Athletes, Preparation on 10 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The British Channel 4 News broadcast this story this evening: the British Olympic Association (BOA) has decided to back track on a decision to include a controversial clause in contract for team members.
“A clause in section four of the proposed agreement states that selected athletes “..are not to comment on any politically sensitive issues.” “
Apparently [...]
Olympic impact on the stocks
Posted in Legacy, Preparation, Public expectation, tagged Beijing Olympics, Chinese market, Chinese shares on 4 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
The troubled stock markets have been dominating headlines in the UK at the beginning of this Olympic year. So it seems pertinent to pick up on an article on the Financial Times’ own Beijing Olympics page discussing the impact that the Games will have on the Chinese stock market.
The FT finds experts with differing [...]
