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After Glow of Games, What Next for China?
New York Times - By Jim Yardley - Aug. 25 (News Analysis)
The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing principle in... More »
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Two Women Sentenced to 'Re-education' in China
New York Times - By Andrew Jacobs - Aug. 21 (News Report)
Two elderly Chinese women have been sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they repeatedly sought a permit to demonstrate in one of the official... More »
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China's Iron Olympic Grip Starts to Slip
The Times - By Michael Sheridan - Aug. 17 (Special Report)
In the nine days since Chinese leaders presided over a grandiose - and, it turns out, partly faked - opening ceremony, one fact after another has eluded the censors and fuelled... More »
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Going For Gold
LinkTV - Aug. 22 (News Analysis)
The Summer Beijing Olympics have led to an all out race for golden glory. U.S and Chinese media focus a lot of attention on the battle for the most gold medals... More »
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At all costs
Deutsche Welle / LinkTV - By Johannes Hano - Aug. 9 (News Analysis)
Projecting the image of a world power is the main goal for China's leaders during the Olympic Games in Beijing. The nation is taking part in a confidence building effort of giant... More »
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A Biblical Seven Years
New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
As I sat in my seat at the Bird's Nest, watching thousands of Chinese dancers, drummers, singers and acrobats on stilts perform their magic at the closing ceremony, I couldn't... More »
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Caught under a mountain of Olympic debt
Boston Globe - By Scot Lehigh - Aug. 22 (Opinion)
While the Olympics may be bringing publicity to Beijing, the Games are not making the city rich, at least in the short run. More »
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The Real China Threat
Washington Post - By Robert J. Samuelson - Aug. 19 (Opinion)
The real threat from China lies elsewhere. It is that China will destabilize the world economy. It will distort trade, foster huge financial imbalances and trigger a contentious... More »
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Let the patriot games begin
Australian Broadcasting - By Antony Loewenstein - Aug. 15 (Blog Post)
It should never be forgotten that many studies find Chinese people overwhelmingly satisfied with their lives, though the rise of the internet and satellite television has... More »
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Olympic Ritual and Religion, Hosted by a Religion-less State
Religion Dispatches - By Lou Ruprecht - Aug. 11 (Opinion)
One of the little remarked aspects of the Modern Olympic Games is its explicit status as a religious revival. The founder, or "renovateur," of the Modern Olympic Games,... More »
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Two Women Sentenced to 'Re-education' in China
New York Times - By Andrew Jacobs - Aug. 21 (News Report)
Two elderly Chinese women have been sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they repeatedly sought a permit to demonstrate in one of the official... More »
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No Permits, No Protests In Beijing's Special 'Pens'
Washington Post - By Jill Drew, Ariana Eunjung Cha - Aug. 15 (News Report)
As the Olympic Games end their first week, there are no reports that anyone has used the "protest pens" set up in three Beijing parks for demonstrations sanctioned under... More »
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A Biblical Seven Years
New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Aug. 27 (Opinion)
As I sat in my seat at the Bird's Nest, watching thousands of Chinese dancers, drummers, singers and acrobats on stilts perform their magic at the closing ceremony, I couldn't... More »
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NBC coverage gives a narrow view of China
USA Today - By Robert Bianco - Aug. 18 (Opinion)
Many journalists in China, including USA TODAY's Christine Brennan, have written about the sterile atmosphere on the Olympic Green in the first week caused by the Chinese... More »
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After Glow of Games, What Next for China?
New York Times - By Jim Yardley - Aug. 25 (News Analysis)
The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing principle in... More »
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China's Iron Olympic Grip Starts to Slip
The Times - By Michael Sheridan - Aug. 17 (Special Report)
In the nine days since Chinese leaders presided over a grandiose - and, it turns out, partly faked - opening ceremony, one fact after another has eluded the censors and fuelled... More »
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Media spars with organizers
National Post - By Allen Panzeri - Aug. 14 (News Report)
Communist China and the western media have been heading for a collision ever since the IOC's daily press briefings began six days ago and unpleasant questions began to be asked... More »
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Going For Gold
LinkTV - Aug. 22 (News Analysis)
The Summer Beijing Olympics have led to an all out race for golden glory. U.S and Chinese media focus a lot of attention on the battle for the most gold medals... More »
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At all costs
Deutsche Welle / LinkTV - By Johannes Hano - Aug. 9 (News Analysis)
Projecting the image of a world power is the main goal for China's leaders during the Olympic Games in Beijing. The nation is taking part in a confidence building effort of giant... More »
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Caught under a mountain of Olympic debt
Boston Globe - By Scot Lehigh - Aug. 22 (Opinion)
While the Olympics may be bringing publicity to Beijing, the Games are not making the city rich, at least in the short run. More »
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Reporting in Beijing
Opinion Journal (WSJ) - Aug. 22 (Editorial)
Most at risk, though, are the Chinese who cooperate with reporters. As in Ms. Hook's article, these are often ordinary people like the Wang sisters who dare to come forward with... More »
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The Real China Threat
Washington Post - By Robert J. Samuelson - Aug. 19 (Opinion)
The real threat from China lies elsewhere. It is that China will destabilize the world economy. It will distort trade, foster huge financial imbalances and trigger a contentious... More »
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In China, no siblings
The Anchoress - By The Anchoress - Aug. 23 (Opinion)
In watching the Olympics this past week, it occurred to me that very likely none of the talented Chinese athletes we watched had brothers or sisters. Or one brother, or one sister... More »
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Let the patriot games begin
Australian Broadcasting - By Antony Loewenstein - Aug. 15 (Blog Post)
It should never be forgotten that many studies find Chinese people overwhelmingly satisfied with their lives, though the rise of the internet and satellite television has... More »
