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SEP 7, 2008
Olympics Generate Pro-China Buzz in Hong Kong Elections
The Earth Times
Voting was underway in Hong Kong's legislature elections Sunday with the "Olympics factor" expected to see pro-democracy parties lose ground to their China-friendly rivals.
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SEP 3, 2008
China’s Olympic Gold Medals Pay-Off
The Hindu
China made a sweep of the gold medal tally with 51 medals, but the cost of each of these has been revealed to be at least around 15.7 million yuan ($2.3 million) a year. This back-of-the-envelope calculation was arrived at by Sports Minister Liu Peng on the basis of the fact that the government invests some 800 million yuan ($117 million) annually on Olympics sports. It must be kept in mind, however, that this amount is then supplemented by a roughly equal figure raised through government-run sports lotteries.
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SEP 2, 2008
Guns and Gold of August
Gulf News
China and Russia have just provided the world with sharp contrasts in the use of power. As the French analyst Dominique Moisi recently put it, "whereas China intends to seduce and impress the world by the number of its Olympic medals, Russia wants to impress the world by demonstrating its military superiority - China's soft power versus Russia's hard power".
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SEP 2, 2008
China’s Olympic Facade a Victory For Totalitarianism
The Badger Herald
Beijing’s Olympic Games have left the world enamored with China. Yet corruption and shame blanketed its venues as thickly as the smog that will soon return to harry its inhabitants and visitors.
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SEP 2, 2008
Protester’s Mother Pays Price
The Washington Post
China quashed all applications from people hoping to demonstrate in officially sanctioned "protest pens." However, one Chinese man succeeded at protesting briefly in Ritan Park. Now, the family says, the man's 73-year-old mother is being harassed by the police in retaliation.
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