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2008
21
May
Oscar Pistorius, the South African, is the carbon fiber legged man. Can his dream of competing with the valids in Beijing become reality?
On May 16th, the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sports) allowed the 21 year old sprinter to compete with valids and over ruled the IAAF verdict.
Nown the athlete has to make it […]
2008
20
May
A terrible earthquake struck the Sichuan region in China last week.A week later, survivors are scarce. Three days of national mourning were enforced by the Chinese government yesterday. Bars, clubs and karaokes will be closed. The Olympic relay will be suspended. The cities of Shanghai, Ningbo and Jiaxing might not get there stop. Today, China […]
2008
16
May
The scene took place in Mexico in 1968. Two Americans, John Carlos and Tommie Smith were given their medals. During their national anthems, both showed their fist high in the sky, wearing a black glove. A legendary gesture showing their support for the Civil rights in the US. A legendary gesture that would destroy the […]
2008
15
May
Grace Wang is a Chinese student living in the US. From the Duke University, she tried to be a messenger betwwen the pro-Chinese and the pro-Tibet. She received death threats for that and her parents in China also had tourble. When sport make people crazy. She decided to tell her story in the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802635_pf.html
2008
13
May
The Chinese authorities did not say they won’t block the web during the Games. They will also continue to allow any kind of bootleg.
Wang Wei, vice president of the BOCOG, promised to the international media no internet censorship during the Games. Human rights activists criticized that China did not respect its word.
China watches the use […]
2008
8
May
Today, the flame went up the symbol of Tibet.
No information was released by the Chinese authorities, not even the weather forecast for this national event. That had to be protected from Human rights and pro Tibet NGOs. The Everest belongs to Tibet and Tibet is part of China. That had to be clear and it […]
2008
6
May
The Hongkongese stage of the Olympic torch was the last democratic stage of the torch relay. A week from now, when the torch will enter mainland China, human rights activists will be replaced by a marketing propaganda by the main sponsors. In Hong Kong, some activists and pro Tibet were seen. Many Chinese from mainland […]
2008
6
May
Patrice Leconte, a French movie maker was asked by the Chinese government to shoot a promotion ad called “Vision Beijing”.
Far from the sports community and the political stress before the games, Leconte did a very lyrical and neutral movie.
The Chinese government tries to show the best image they can. The French director forgot to […]
2008
3
May
We thought the communist party was ready to talk to the Tibetan government. Between approaches from the Dalai Lama, a positive communication, China now seems to position itself on the sports side only.
Their marketing is cheap. We can see that nobody will tell China what to do and China won’t let anybody’s rules. On April […]