Tag Archive | "olympics"
China Earthquake: News Gets Grimmer by the Hour
Image via bbc One has to wonder what exactly Asia has done to anger the violent Old Testament God recently, as the damage from Cyclone Nargis and now the 7.8 magnitude earthquake striking China have left the continent stretched to the breaking point.
Continue reading...China Wants Your Inventions. For Free.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
China. Ahh. Proud hosts of the most divisive Olympic Games in 30 years, are now asking for some help cleaning up their toxic air quality. Image from red321 Lacking the time, and usually the money, to put into research for new, green technologies from other developed nations, the [...]
Continue reading...China Against Bad Weather, Not Just Tibetan Independence
Saturday, March 29, 2008
I’m a historian by education, and wrote my thesis on the cultural icons of the Olympic Games, so you can imagine I’m watching the developing situation with Beijing closely…. Image from H@r@ld on Flickr Obviously for the human rights purposes, but also because the Chinese Government is so strange [...]
Continue reading...China’s All-Natural Pest Control Program
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Today I saw a story that was headlined “Beijing starts new pest control program”. Tree of sparrows. Image by Fir0002 Having just read about the arrest of dozens of Tibetans who protested against the state, I was shocked by this euphemistic language on the mistreatment of our fellow men.
Continue reading...China Denies it Manipulated Air Pollution Results for the Olympics
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics Beijing’s environment has been under intense scrutiny. Beijing’s Olympic countdown clock. Image by Steve Cadman So it’s understandable that at least a few people were suspicious when, after the Wall Street Journal alleged the government was manipulating the results, January and February [...]
Continue reading...Beijing Cracks Down on Kebabs to Reduce Pollution
Monday, December 10, 2007
In an effort to improve the city’s chances of reaching its clean air targets in time for next summer’s 2008 Olympics, Beijing has decided to crack down on some of the city’s polluters. Image by Mark The city won’t just be aiming to reduce car driving or factory emissions. [...]
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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