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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | yesterday
he Olympic flame will start its relay on Monday in Quanzhou and Xiamen, the home city of millions of overseas Chinese and a special economic zone in China's southeastern Fujian Province. It will be the sacred flame's second and third stop in the Fujian province and the relay will cover 20.35 k 1 Vote(s)
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Olympic torch relay in Fuzhou, the capital city of southeastern China's Fujian province, kicked off at 9:39 a.m. local time on Sunday. At the launching ceremony, Zheng Meizhu, the former volleyball Olympic champion, took the torch from a local official in the Wuyi Square, running as the fir 2 Vote(s)
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | yesterday
The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadcast as five torchbearers each shuffled a few feet before passing on the flame to the next person. A colorful Tibetan prayer flag lined the path and fluttered in the wind. 2 Vote(s)
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chinese mountaineers selected to carry the 2008 Olympics torch have completed their mission with resounding success! Mt. Qomolangma is the highest mountain peak in China and the Chinese have completed probably the most ambitious Olympic troch relay run in history. 4 Vote(s)
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | yesterday
HUIZHOU, South China, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch was carried through scenic Huizhou in Friday's relay, the third stop in Guangdong province, with the local backstroker Chen Xiujun bearing the first leg. 2 Vote(s)
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OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
May 12 - The Olympic torch continues to make its way across China to cheering crowds and flag-waving fans. Share This
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USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
May 12 - The Olympic torch continues to make its way across China to cheering crowds and flag-waving fans.
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Easy View Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
They were demonised in the West as paramilitary goons and thugs, but in China the tracksuit-clad security guards who accompanied the Olympic torch on its rounds are seen as heroes - none more so than the one dubbed “second right brother” by legions of adoring online fans. The statuesque, baby-faced flame attendant has been flanking torch [...]
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Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | yesterday
The best answer to that question can be found here. It all depends on your vantage point, and your definition of success....
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Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A recent BMW post, featuring a cartoon by David Donar of Political Graffiti, was featured today in The New York Times. A link to Flame in Hand, Chinese Conquer Everest, a post I published Friday, appeared as the last headline listed under the section, Olympic Torch Headlines Around the World. Click on the graphic at right to [...]
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
p2pnet news | Freedom:- A 25-year-old Chinese surfer, identified only as Tang, was arrested after he’d posted a chat room plan about organizing a group to grab the torch when it arrives in Nanjing, near Zhenjiang on May 24,” says All Headline News. Tang was charged with allegedly, “spreading rumor online and disturbing public order and [...]
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Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Ed Brayton found it . Do you think the sign maker was jesting? Or do you think the sign maker genuinely didn't know? ( See: 1936 Olympics in Berlin ) While we wait to see whether someone will confess to photoshopping this picture, we might consider using this photo as a hook for a lesson on the differences between the rising totalitarian state of Nazi Germany in 1936, and the rising, increasingly...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A Chinese man has been arrested for saying on the Internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through … Share This
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
A Chinese man has been arrested for saying on the Internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through ...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Since the Olympic torch set out on its global relay in March, the weather has been a major concern for its host cities and spectators across the world. Yet, by Saturday night, when the torch completed its leg in Guangdong, the first ...
