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The Olympics are over…

Posted in china, culture, olympics, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »

…and I enjoyed it.
Even though I had a whole bunch of posts about the Olympics written here, I don’t think I had a single one talking about the sports itself. This might make me seem like some kind of intellectual tool who just likes to sit around at dinner parties talking about how messed up [...]

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Coca Cola Commercials in America and China

Posted in china, culture, olympics, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

America:
Building the Birds Nest Commercial

Yao v. Lebron Unity Commercial
China:
Top Athletes and Torch Commercial

Olympic Song and Red Carpet Commercial
I got this idea while I was watching the Olympics. The Coca Cola commercials, in my opinion, have been pretty good. I mean the one with Yao Ming and LeBron James competing and then sharing a coke at [...]

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Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

Posted in china, olympics, tagged , , , , , on August 9, 2008 | 10 Comments »

I must say, I’m a little disappointed. I’m back in America and for some reason, NBC decided to have a 15 hour tape delay for the Opening Ceremony. By the time I was actually began to watch it, I was filled with all these high expectations from checking out the pictures and reading positive articles [...]

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The End of the Wait

Posted in china, olympics, tagged , on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So the wait has finally ended for the Olympics to arrive. Well, I guess there’s officially 5 more hours until the Opening Ceremony begins, but a few games and matches have already begun. So what am I looking forward to?
1. Zhang Yimo’s absolutely tasteless but crazy and amazing opening ceremony. I hear he will be [...]

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Terrorism and the Olympics

Posted in china, olympics, politics, tagged , , , , , on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Attack on Police in Xinjiang – CDT
My coworkers started talking about the threat of terrorism on May 1st. I distinctly remember them talking about how China was becoming a dangerous place. At the time, I disregarded their fears as irrational since while there was a lot of discontent, terrorism itself was rare even in Xinjiang.
Then [...]

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