The Olympic torch is continuing it’s path to back to Beijing via every province in China, and the most recent legs have been passing through the country’s largest province, Xinjiang. However the atmosphere of the relay appears to have been unusually quiet, as many local people have been told to stay away. There has been [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Olympic Flame Ghosts Through Xinjiang
Posted in Culture, Media, olympic torch, Protests, tagged Beijing, Beijing Olympics, beijing olympics games, james reynolds, kashgar, olympic flame, olympic torch, torch relay, uighur, urumqi, xinjiang on 19 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
Olympic Rap – Beijing welcomes you back
Posted in Beijing, Culture, Just for fun, Uncategorized, tagged beijing hip hop, beijing welcomes you, dj phat, dragon tongue squad, in three, kirby li, olympic hip hop, olympic rap, Olympic Song, suki mok on 17 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve heard the songs, now check out the Beijing Olympics Rap ‘Beijing welcomes you back’, by local group In Three. From track & field to swimming/ From the Bird’s Nest (National Stadium) to the Watercube (National Aquatics Center)/ China’s people are realizing an Olympic Dream/ Participating determinedly, achieving victory/ Winning glory for our socialist country/ [...]
Liu Xiang’s World Record Tumbles Before Beijing
Posted in Athletes, Public expectation, The Games, Track and Field, World Records, tagged 100m hurdles, dayron robles, high hurdles, Liu Xiang, olympics, ostrava, world record, world record holder on 12 June 2008 | 6 Comments »
Cuba’s Dayron Robles has toppled Liu Xiang’s 110m hurdles world record. The 21-year-old clocked 12.87 seconds, beating Liu’s time by just 0.01 seconds and smashing his own personal best. Liu was not racing. Check out Robles’ reaction here: Olympic favourite in more ways than one, Liu Xiang is not only expected to successfully defend his [...]
Official Beijing Olympics Cheer (Accept No Fake Cheers)
Posted in Culture, Just for fun, tagged Beijing Olympics, jia you, official beijing olympics, olympic cheer, olympics on 11 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Beijing Organising Committee of the Olympic Games have released the official ‘cheer’ for the 2008 Games (via Danwei). For this vital task BOCOG have teamed up with the Party Office of Spiritual Civilization Development and Guidance (GODPP), the Ministry of Education and CCTV. With this huge amount of expertise, a highly advanced cheer has [...]
10 Chinese people you should know about
Posted in Athletes, Culture, Sponsors, tagged james reynolds, jay chou, li ning, Liu Xiang, olympic athletes, Yao ming on 9 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
On his blog BBC Beijing correspondent James Reynolds has carried out an impromptue and “unscientific” poll to find the “top 10 Chinese people you should know about“. Made up from contributions from readers the list includes three Olympians (past & present). Liu Xiang and Yao Ming, readers should all be familiar with, but another name [...]
Will Dwain Chambers Make Beijing?
Posted in Athletes, Drugs, Legacy, Protests, The Games, Track and Field, tagged 100m, athletics, Drugs, dwain chambers, olympic ban, olympic drugs, olympic qualifiers, olympics, performance enhancing drugs, thg on 8 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the BBC Olympic blog Adrian Warner revealed on Friday that key figures in Athens “think Dwain Chambers has a good chance of winning his drugs appeal against the British Olympic Association and making it to the Beijing Games”. Drugs is an issue that has come to overshadow track and field athletics (amongst other sports [...]
Chinese Visas – Tougher To Gain Than Olympic Medals?
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, Media, Tickets, tagged china visa, china visa update, chinese visa, f visa, visa on 4 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
In recent weeks there has been a lot of confusion and discussion about the rules for applying for a Chinese visa. Although few public announcements have been made, more and more stories have emerged from people having difficulty in getting hold of a visa. In particular (short stay working) ‘F’ visas have been tough to [...]
New 100m World Record By Usain Bolt
Posted in Athletes, The Games, Track and Field, World Records, tagged 100 meters, 100m, 100m world record, asafa powell, Beijing Olympics, fastest man in the world, new york grand prix, olympics, sprint, tyson gay, usain bolt, world record on 1 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
21 year old sprinter Usain Bolt has just broken the 100m world record, clocking 9.72 seconds at the New York Grand Prix meeting. What’s really impressive is that this was only the 5th time Bolt has competed in the 100m, because he is better over 200m! Until footage of this race reaches youtube see Bolt [...]
