Much has been made of the scarcity of tickets in Beijing and yet in the first week there was a pandemic of half-empty stadia spreading the city. The government have been publicising their active work to shut down ticket touts and prevent illegal re-sale of official tickets. However, this is typical PR and bluff promoted [...]
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Getting Olympic Tickets in Beijing
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
Interview with Triple Jumper Nathan Douglas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Beijing Olympics, british athletes, nathan douglas, phillips idowu, triple jump on 22 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The triple jump was an event in which Britain had high hopes for success and Bob has particular person interest too. Phillips Idowu was touted as one of the hottest gold medal chances in Team GB’s track and field brigade, while Bob was particularly excited about seeing an old classmate – Nathan Douglas – compete [...]
Olympic Opening Ceremony Day
Posted in Beijing, Preparation, Protests, Public expectation, Uncategorized, tagged beijing 2008, beijing olympcis, beijing olympcis blog, beijing olympcis opening ceremony, opening ceremony, shanghai on 8 August 2008 | 10 Comments »
Finally the day has come and everybody – with the possible exception of those who have chosen to time such an auspicious date with wedding/child birth – is gearing up for the main event; the Opening Ceremony.
All over Shanghai people have been working half-days, leaving work early to prepare for the evening’s festivities. Bars and [...]
Beijing’s Air Pollution Issue Is As Clear It’s The Skies
Posted in Air pollution, Beijing, Environment, Uncategorized, tagged Air pollution, Beijing Olympics, beijing pollution, olympic pollution, us cycling on 8 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
As the Olympic countdown reaches hours rather than days before kick-off, speculation about the weather condition become less abstract – will the pollution clear? – and more real – has it or not? However even now the issue of air pollution is a little hazy (apologies); conflicting stories seem and contrasting conditions seem to be [...]
Beijing Olympics Blog from… Shanghai
Posted in Beijing, Censorship, Media, Uncategorized, tagged amnesty, beijing 2008, beijing olympic games, Beijing Olympics, Censorship, great firewall of china, olympic volunteers, shanghai, tiananmen square, volunteers on 5 August 2008 | 5 Comments »
Bob is delighted to be writing the Beijing Olympics Blog from China; admittedly not Beijing, but one step at a time. Unfortunately getting here has meant that it’s been a quiet time on the blog recently just the media has been full of enough Olympic news to satisfy the most eager observe. Bob would like [...]
Olympic Online Game That’s Building International Communities
Posted in Culture, Media, Sponsors, Uncategorized, tagged arg, Beijing Olympics, lost ring wiki, meihui, olympic game, the lost ring on 15 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Lost Ring is a brand new ARG (which apparently stands for Alternative Reality Game) centred around the Beijing Olympics and jointly sponsored by the IOC and one of the 2008 Games’ official partners.
Bob is no expert in ARG’s and was informed about The Lost Ring by a colleague (thanks Liz), so decided to do [...]
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/
Our national flag rises above Tian’anmen [...]
