Jeremy Paxman just closed tonight’s Newsnight with the news that Heathrow Airport’s brand new Terminal 5 will no longer be the site of arrival in London for the Olympic flame, thanks to the luggage disaster that has plagued ‘T5′. 28,000 bags have been lost so far, and it will take up to a week to [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Olympic torch will avoid Terminal (5) disaster
Posted in London 2012, Preparation, Protests, olympic torch, tagged olympic torch in london, olympic torch relay, Terminal 5, terminal distaster on 31 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Historic Olympic Torch Relay Beings
Posted in London 2012, Preparation, Protests, olympic torch, tagged london olympic torch, olympic torch, tiananmen square, torch relay on 31 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tiananmen Square has seen many historically important events in it’s time, and will no doubt see many more. Today as Tiananmen was the site of Beijing’s official welcome to the Olympic torch and the beginning of the torch’s relay around the world, another colourful panel to this rich tapestry was woven. How important this will [...]
Greek drama at Olympic torch lighting ceremony
Posted in Athletes, Culture, Media, Preparation, Protests, tagged Beijing Olympics, beijing protests, chinese olympic protests, lighting the olympic torch, olympic torch, olympic torch ceremony on 24 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
The ceremony in Olympia today of the Olympic torch being lit was interrupted by human rights protesters. The event was being shown on live TV across the world – and was no doubt a top attraction in China – when the head of BOGOC, Liu Qi was interrupted by three uninvited guests.
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What do the Tibetan protests mean for the Olympics? Part II
Posted in Culture, Media, Protests, tagged Chinese governement, Dalai Lama, olympic protests, protests in Lhasa, Tibet, tibet news, tibetan olympics, Tibetan protests on 19 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
As the news reports continue (despite the attempts to block them) you would be advised to follow events here:
Armed police mass in Lhasa:
Guardian – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/tibet.china
Youtube has been blocked, which does not come as a surprise to those who know about these things:
Imagethief – http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2008/03/15/youtube-blocked-unsurprisingly.aspx
Chinese netizens have been busy debating the events and the media response:
CDT [...]
What do the Tibetan protests mean for the Olympics? via BBC’s Paul Reynolds
Posted in Culture, Media, Protests, tagged Chinese governement, Dalai Lama, olympic protests, paul reynolds, protests in Lhasa, Tibet, tibetan olympics, Tibetan protests on 18 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BBC World affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds wrote this weekend on the Tibetan protests, and their implications for the Beijing Olympics. The article absolutely hits the spot; it mentions the Chinese [...]
What do the Tibetan protests mean for the Olympics?
Posted in Culture, Media, Protests, tagged Chinese governement, Dalai Lama, olympic protests, protests in Lhasa, Tibet, tibetan olympics, Tibetan protests on 16 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
The last five days have seen the biggest anti-Chinese protests in Tibet for almost 20 years, and as other incidents spark up across ‘mainland’ China it is not clear yet if we are through the worst or whether things will escalate.
The non-Chinese media are doing their best to keep up with events, piecing together eye-witness [...]
Beijing 2008… The Paralympic Games of course!
Posted in Athletes, Media, Paralympics, The Games, tagged Beijing Olympics, Beijing paralympic games, disability, disabled athletes, Paralympics on 12 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
In his blog for the Seattle Times Daniel Beekman raises the extremely valid point that in all of the hype about the Olympic Games this summer, the Paralympic Games have been almost completely overlooked. It’s difficult to remember any news stories relating to them; have any paralympians withdrawn for health reasons or joined in Team [...]
Pollution puts Gabrselassie out of Beijing marathon
Posted in Air pollution, Athletes, Beijing, Environment, tagged Air pollution, beijing air pollution, beijing marathon, Haile Gebrselassie, marathon world record, olympic marathon on 10 March 2008 | 8 Comments »
The marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will not compete in this event at the Beijing Olympics, because he fears the impact of Beijing air pollution on his health. The 34-year-old, widely regarded as the best distance runner of all time, suffers from asthma:
“The pollution in China is a threat to my health and it [...]
The Bus to Beijing (from London)
Posted in Beijing, London 2012, tagged Beijing Olympics, bus to beijing, London 2012, london and beijing, olympic bus on 4 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
A brilliant Olympic story via the Beijing Olympics Fan about a London bus that will be taking an unusual detour this summer from Trafalgar Square to stop off in Beijing in time for the Games’ closing ceremony. Mayor of London Ken Livingstone will receive the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony, though it is not [...]
Beijing International Airport’s New Terminal Takes-off
Posted in Air pollution, Architecture, Beijing, Legacy, Preparation, Protests, tagged beijing airport, Beijing International Airport, beijing terminal, beijing terminal 3, heathrow expansion protest on 3 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beijing International Airport unveiled it’s new terminal (terminal 3) this weekend. This is yet another huge piece of architecture built in time for the Olympic Games this summer. But this is not just any airport terminal (as BBC’s James Reynolds notes):
“It’s more like a small country than an airport terminal. [...]
