Photos of the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games on August 24 at 20:00 (local time).
Read more »Photos of the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games on August 24 at 20:00 (local time).
Read more »On Friday, the IOC finally stood up to China and asked the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) to investigate the ages of certain members of China’s women gymnastics team. Even before the Olympics began, there was evidence that He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, and Yang Yilin did not meet the minimum age requirement to compete in the Olympics.
Read more »Gordon Farquhar writes about the gamesmanship that occurred in the baseball match between China and the United States at the Beijing Olympics.
Read more »Forget the skimpily clad cheerleaders. The immaculate hostesses handing out medals at the Olympics have won the spectator vote for glamour. But not just anyone could be a hostess. These ladies had to fit the Beijing definitions of "perfect" before they were trained in a glamour boot camp.
Read more »The image shows players Argentina's team smiling broadly as they pull back the skin on the side of their eyes, in a crude impersonation of Chinese people.
Read more »These Olympics are cheap, dirt cheap! With tickets as cheap as 30 RMB and beers selling for 5, there won't be an Olympics this cheap for a long time.
Read more »CHina's Liu Xiang drops out of the heats for the 110m hurdles with an apparent Achilles injury.
Read more »The gossip website Gawker has discovered photos of the Spanish Women's tennis team making a 'slanty eye' gesture in reference to an upcoming trip to China. The Spanish men's basketball team has been criticised for making a similar gesture.
Read more »Here is a fun story on the Lost Laowai blog, about how the Chinese soccer fans have parodied the 'Beijing Welcomes You' to insult their own team . . .
But did you have to include Furong Jiejie in the article, Rick?
Read more »With China men's football team embarrassing the Chinese, many Chinese are inspired by Iraq's athletes overcoming so much to get to the 2008 Olympic Games.
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