New American Media looks at how the massive Olympics preparations in Beijing are playing in the provinces: Most of the young people interviewed seem acutely aware of the fact that their government has spent vast sums of money preparing for the games. It’s always the first thing mentioned when the topic of the Olympics comes […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Policy: It’s China’s chance to shine. It’s easy to forget that China refused to even participate in the Olympics before 1984. Since 1978, China’s economy has grown tenfold, while its trade with the United States has increased by a factor of 160. But authoritarian China still has a lot to prove to Western […]
Read MoreA smoker takes a break next to an advertisement for the 2008 Summer Olympics, by Natalie Behring
Read MoreOn the Chinese internet, wall-to-wall state media coverage of the Chinese Olympic delegation’s departure for the 2024 Paris Games has been met with a shrug. With 405 Chinese athletes slated to compete across 236 events,...
Read MoreAs part of a broader push to boost and defend the Winter Olympics’ global public image, Chinese diplomats and state media outlets have been fighting back on Twitter against criticism of food in the “closed loop” bubble. The fare...
Read MoreThe Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) released a statement on Tuesday criticizing the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for their lack of...
Read MoreOn September 1, 2008, retired CCP cadre Liu Tiancheng published an essay on his personal blog about a trip to the southern part of Xinjiang decades earlier. The essay appeared as a special column in China News Digest (华夏文摘) the...
Read MoreA growing number of voices are calling for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. While discussion among Western countries about a boycott has circulated for months, voices in favor of a boycott have grown stronger in...
Read MoreU.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said today that the U.K. government would not rule out the possibility of boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour reported on his comments: Appearing...
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On Friday July 31, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet in Kuala Lumpur to elect...
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