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2008
8
Jul
July 7, 2008
In 2001, China’s Communist leaders promised the International Olympic Committee to allow free press access to both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the country as a whole. So far signs aren’t good that Beijing will stick to its word.
Witness the case of Norman Choy, a senior reporter with Hong Kong’s Apple Daily who […]
2008
2
Jul
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday he might attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if talks announced Sunday between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama make progress.
“If there was continued progress and if the Dalai Lama and the Chinese president acknowledged the progress, then the obstacle to my participation would […]
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
17
Apr
Many artists were quiet on the Olympic games/Human rights problems. Steven Spielberg recently decided not to supervise the production and the screenplay of the opening ceremony. A famous British street artist, Banksy did an artwork in London on a post office near Oxford Circus. It says “One nation under CCTV”, CCTV being video surveillance and […]
2008
23
Mar
With a estimated budget being more than 30 millions dollars, the Beijing games will be the most expensive games ever. In a fast changing country, economically and socially, the choice of partners and sponsors is very important for the companies.
For more than 80 years, every Olympic edition have had a different image. Every host do […]
2008
20
Mar
On July 13th 2001, Beijing was awarded by the IOC, the International Olympic Committee, the 2008 Olympic games. For the first time, they will be staged in China, a very particular country.
During the 112th IOC session held in Moscow, one of the last of, then IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, the Chinese capital Beijing […]