September 19, 2008 8:28 PM
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China ‘Exploiting’ Olympic Workers
In the midst of the human rights saga, the UK Press Association has an article detailing a report from Human Rights Watch focusing on how Olympic workers are being exploited by the Chinese government. The report listed the risks facing the estimated two million migrant workers working on construction sites in the run-up to this August’s Games, including a lack of safety equipment, crowded andMarch 12, 2008 7:13 AM
The Home Team
In the New Yorker, Peter Hessler reports on the Olympics as viewed from the village of Sancha, 90 minutes outside Beijing,
Were China’s Glittering Games All Gold?
Minxin Pei of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace grades China on its hosting of the Olympics:By the time the
August 29, 2008 9:08 PM
A Biblical Seven Years
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman writes:As I sat in my seat at the Bird’s Nest, watching thousands of Chinese d
August 27, 2008 11:50 AM
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