The Beijing Olympics Blog wouldn’t have much to say without the people below. If you like this blog you’ll love these others:
TIME – China blog
A great place to pick up slightly different and interesting pieces of news on/from China
China Digital Times
Probably the most comprehensive source of news about China, that is based abroad. The independence that this affords CDT makes it a jewel for anyone interested in up-to-date, impartial news on China
Danwei
Danwie’s tagline is; Chinese media, advertising, and urban life. It’s a good source of news translated from Chinese that you might not find elsewhere in English. Has a bit of an expat identity, but a good read for those outside China
Mary Nicole Nazzaro’s Beijing Olympics Blog
Mary Nazzaro’s Beijing Olympics Blog is written from a sporting angle than this one, and includes regular news from Yao Ming’s domestic Basketball appearances. It is regularly updated with summaries of headlines about the Olympics
Radio 86
A good, solid, if rather unexpected source of News on China. The news is available in several different languages, including Finnish, as this is where Radio 86 is based
Andrew Lih
A really interesting blog from what sounds like a really interesting person. Modern, current, and relevant. Andrew Lih is currently writing a book on Wikipedia, which in China is a topic with emormous potential
Blogging Beijing – Seattle Times
A thoughtful and well researched blog about the Games. Author Dan Beekman has blogged from all around China. This is one of the best places to pick up coverage of the environment in relation to the Beijing Olympics
One of the best individual blogs on China. Written by American PR professional Will Moss, from inside China. Fresh, honest and insightful, particularly to those with an interest in media
Simple, yet witty, this blog brings updates of the big Olympic headlines alongside photos and anecdotes from author Meg Stivison’s life in Beijing
Rings – The New York Times Olympics blog
The latest of the Beijing Olympics blogs (established May 08) from the media giants, Rings already has a commendable body of posts. Articles are grouped under ‘culture’, ‘issues’ and ‘games’ and are contributed by a reporters from various desks at the NYT
Beijing Olympic Games 2008 – Travel Blog
A good source of news on the Games, particularly for those hoping to visit Beijing this summer. Check out schedules, climate info and Chinese visa rules etc
I believe that there needs to be a fundamental change in the way medal tallies are presented for the Olympic Games. At present, countries are ranked only according to the number of gold medals they have won, unless they have won the same number of gold medals. Only then are silver medals considered. Bronze medals are only considered if countries are tied for the number of gold and silver medals. Thus a country that wins, for example, ten gold medals, five silver and six bronze, beats a country that wins nine gold medals, fourteen silver and eighteen bronze. I would argue that the latter country in this example had the better overall performance. This anomaly could be corrected by adopting a 3,2,1 points system for the medal tally. In the above example, the second country would score 66 points, putting it well ahead of the former team which would score 46 points.
In fact, this is the very least we could do to correct the current tally anomaly. Even better would be a system which logged points for the first 20, 30 or even 40 places.
While many traditionalists will argue that the Olympics are about individual performance, not the performance of nations, the fact is that we do keep and keenly observe a tally. It does not serve the respect of individual performance when we have a tally in which even a silver medal does not count. It is precisely because we should be heralding the efforts of individuals who get up at 4 a.m., year in year out to train hard for the Olympics, that we should have a better tally system to rank the performance of the nations.
Mark Edginton,
Brisbane Australia.
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On August 7th 2008 at 9pm local time more than 100 million people will take part in the largest light protest on Earth in support of freedom for Tibet. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human rights and it’s time the world spoke out. The Olympic Games in Beijing have become a unique opportunity to focus attention on human rights abuses occurring in Tibet and many other places in the world.
You too have a unique opportunity. You can help lend another voice to the Candle4Tibet campaign and reach many thousands of people all over the world. You can stand with millions of people in more than 135 countries and demand the preservation of human dignity; a key declaration and a tenet of the Olympic Games itself.
So please, add your light and your voice to our campaign as soon as you can.
Freedom won’t wait. Act now!
Candle for Tibet main web site:
http://www.candle4tibet.org
CFT Social Network:
http://candle4tibet.ning.com/
CFT Press Room:
http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/media
I agree with mark eddington from australia on this one. There should be a comprehensive overall points system put into place by the olympic committee. It would not discount the medal count. You would just have a different way of gauging performance. We are looking at chinas largest olympic team ever. Say they only receive 13 gold medals but 144 Bronze. If the USA gets 30 Gold and 30 Bronze for example then you can clearly see who would have received more in point totals. Thank you for having this blog.
Qristina, I agree China should clean up their act regarding Tibet, but the Games might be a good showcase to slam the other countries, such as the US, for robbing and murdering thousands of innocent women and children. Oh wait, nevermind, the Olympics shouldn’t be a showcase for political protests.
Mark Edginton has a good point – I also wonder how the ‘creative’ sports are judged.
Beauty, as we know, is in the eye of the beholder, but should winning or losing be too?
Most sport is pretty definitive about who wins and who loses. You score more points or goals, run or swim faster, jump higher, lift more weight, shoot more targets or whatever quantitative value you choose to measure success.
And then there are the ‘other’ sports. The ones where a panel of judges decide whether you did what you had to do a little more correctly and perhaps with a little more style (or maybe even with a bigger smile on your face) than your opponents.
I found this story on Citysearch.com.au – it has some great commentary about the Olympics.
Is Bob Costas wearing a hair piece? My family is sure of it.
Why is he matched with that women who does tennis for NBC.
Here legs are taller then Bob’s and her voice is so deep.
“Yes Bob I loved the baby Panda’s.”
Some producer out their is either laughing our crying.