Guardian 30 July 2008 China has reneged on a pledge to provide journalists covering the Beijing Games with unrestricted internet access, Olympic officials have...
I don't think this is news to most of us - but I like the Pipe-ism at the end. BOROUGH TO MISS GAMES BOOM hg.editorial@... 25 July 2008 The borough's...
Olympic Industry Resistance Challenging Olympic Power and Propaganda See http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61640 (on the right side of the page, you can...
Which planet were these people born on?The borough's business community fears Hackney may not receive theexpected boost in tourism during the 2012 Olympic...
The Mystery of the Olympic Torch Die-outs By Zhang Haishan In the recent history of the Olympic Games from 1976 to 2004, the Olympic torch went out a total of...
what on earth was this? welcoming the Olympics to Hackney's Glorious East Marsh? I only hope it's meant to be deeply ironic it seems to be the same event...
apparently it was very ironic indeed. the biggest collection of anarchist cider-drinking-dogs-on-string free rave fest in all of London for a long time. wish...
not entirely an Olympics victim, but another sad example of the remaining authentic places in East London disappearing. It had been owned by the same family...
DATE: August 1, 2008 http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=67272&item_id=67267 As the Chinese government welcomes athletes and spectators...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7524000/7524913.stm It starts off with saying that Iain will explain everything he doesn't like about the Olympic...
Mon Aug 4, 3:43 AM ET BEIJING - About 20 people angry about being evicted from their homes in central Beijing demonstrated Monday not far from Tiananmen...
Partners In Grime By Sally Jenkins Tuesday, August 5, 2008; E01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080401942_pf.html BEIJING...
The Chinese authorities have designated 3 'protest zones' in Beijing parks well away from Olympic venues, which require those wishing to demonstrate to apply 5...
Residents of Beijing have noticed their city growing smaller, rather than larger, as the Olympics approach. This strange shrinkage is a result of the...
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Aug 6, 2008 7:16 pm
From latest (August 2008) Edition of Professional Security Magazine, an article starting: Risk from paln delays Delay in security planning for the 2012 Games...
Only just heard about this features an 'arts olympics' and tours of the famous graffiti in the locality - will Sweet Toof survive the games sanitising ? How...
This sounds all well and good, but the reader should understand that local NYC elected officials are doing this only because they are pandering to their...
worth reading this (Athens security) for a taste of what's in store - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58111-2004Aug11.html it seems their...
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/radio Saturday noon show interesting report on Coal in China mentioning too a new law about Environmental Impact Assessments, a...
... and perhaps for after the coracling, Gilbert & George's idea for Bike Polo a event that featured in the 1908 Olympics held in Britain. Sitting around...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7550000/7550927.stm He says he doesn't have any ambivalence about the contrast between the glamour of the games and...
There is a quite cynical article in today's Observer<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/10/1>, but it makes a few good points about how we as a...
The transport restrictions and factory closures that China has ordered as part of its drive to clean Beijing's air for the Olympics could lead to a dip in...
By Mure Dickie and Geoff Dyer in Beijing Financial Times August 12 2008 03:00 Beijing police plan to detain for a month a resident who applied for permission...
If they fought to get tickets why are there so many empty seats?Andrew Gilligan12.08.08 Until now we've all been reporting that the Chinese are thrilled at...
