Like any story, there are two sides to the whole Tibet/Olympics issue, and I ask for a that people outside of China consider looking at the Chinese point of view for a moment.
There’s an online petition (“>en) floating around on the Chinese internet right now, and if experience serves me correctly, there will be […]

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Greeks light Beijing’s Olympic Flame:
Three men from a free-press group ran onto the field of the stadium in Ancient Olympia during Monday’s flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, evading massive security aimed at preventing such disruptions in the wake of China’s crackdown in Tibet.
Three members of the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders were detained after […]

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Even though he’s been in the Chinese media a little, I can’t believe that Hong Laowai is not getting more attention than he is. His videos are awesome, and he’s a very charismatic, very talented guy. And his Chinese is alright too.
Some other Laowai are trying to jump aboard the wagon though, […]

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Most of the info that I’ve been getting about the situation in has been on Twitter.
Chris has been doing a good job of tracking new stories, and he’s been saving them using google reader.
I usually use delicious to track this kinda stuff, and for the I’ve spliced together four delicious feeds (, […]

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