Archive for December, 2007

Let the Games begin

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

And this is from the features section of the Irish Times.
Standing out stark against the cool blue winter skies of Beijing, 230 metres above the gridlocked streets of the Chinese capital, the CCTV tower is powerful evidence of how the Olympics will transform Beijing, and China, into a land of superlatives.
Beijing is a city holding [...]

No democracy as the men in blue suits exert control

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Chinese salvage 800-year-old wreck

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Nanjing Letter

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Rape of Nanking survivors’ stories

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Miners planned to kill workers for cash payouts — shades of “Blind Shaft”

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

China erects wall against Christmas Hollywood assault

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Restoration: An Englishman’s battle to save Beijing’s Ming heritage

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Thoughts from a journalist based in Beijing, China.