So, the closely guarded secret has been leaked. Some Korean reporter obviously Got a wiff of what the opening ceremony was supposed to look like. It seems that a small part of the ceremony involves holographic humpback whales. The Chinese official in charge of these things said he was “very disappointed” but did not [...]

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Being in China for more than a week now, its all been pretty good. The Olympic preparations are pretty impressive as well as extensive. Merchandise sales are red-hot and ticket sales are even hotter. I’ve even seen some of the Swedish soccer team at the marketplace. However, one thing is quite depressing — the pollution [...]

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There was one event I really wanted to watch, Men’s Basketball. I especially wanted to watch China vs. America on the 10th. Unfortunately because of the popularity of Yao Ming and the overall hype over basketball in China, tickets were impossible to get. They were sold out weeks in advance. However, that was the official [...]

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With the games being so close and the torch relay being broadcast all over China, a lot of people are wondering who will be the last bearer of the torch into the stadium to light the flame. It will be one of China’s great athletes most likely but no one knows who it will be. [...]

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Being in China, I found that they have really strange firewall restrictions. They let several sites through that I thought they would block but blocked some sites that I don’t think make any sense at all in blocking. CNN, dailykos, youtube, and foxnews are not blocked. In fact, none of the major news sites are [...]

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Since I’m here in Beijing to watch the first part of the Olympics, much if what I’ll write in the next few days will be ordered like a blog about the Olympics.
Its been crazy here the last few days seeing the city prepare and hyping this sports event up. There are posters everywhere and just [...]

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After his trip in the War Zone, Obama is finding questions about the successful troop surge hard to answer since he was against it. Obama admitted that the troop surge was successful but he still stands by this original stance that he is against it. This is a pretty good move by Obama I think. [...]

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