Tag: Olympics

Fans “Cheated” by Liu’s Scripted Olympic Tragedy

Liu Xiang’s one-legged finish after falling at the first hurdle in London seemed to offer a dramatic counterpoint to China’s “gold or nothing” approach to the games. CCTV presenter Yang Jian choked up as he praised Liu in heroic terms: “He is like a soldier without a gun in his hand … All he can do is charge at the enemy’s fortress with his own body. Goodbye, Liu

August 24, 2012 6:21 PM

Netizen Voices: Guess Who?

MrWonder (琢磨先生), a well-followed Weibo user who claims to live in Saudi Arabia, recently posted a quip about “a certain g

August 27, 2012 5:51 PM

Chinese Visa Plan Poses ‘Security Threat’

The United Kingdom’s Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is trying to ‘turbo-charge’ tourism to the UK by capitalizing on fer

August 21, 2012 9:50 AM

Netizen Voices: Olympic Insanity

What does Olympic obsession do for—or to—the athletes subjected to it? And what does it gain the average citizen? China’s

August 6, 2012 12:57 PM

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