olympics

Chinese Taipei from Benjaminbrum 467 days old

It annoys me that the world recognises Taiwan and Chinese doesn't. What annoys me more than that is that during the Olympics Taiwan can't win medals ...

Beijing Fireworks Do The Job. from Benjaminbrum 472 days old

This blog post is certain to get blocked for anyone in China. The Olympics opened today. It was stunning, beautiful and did exactly what it was designed ...

Something strange has happened to my blog. from Benjaminbrum 481 days old

[ ... ] the Beijing Olympics and today, Amnesty International is co-ordinating a global, online day of protest against Internet censorship in China. ...

China, the olympics and Tibet. from Benjaminbrum 606 days old

1968 saw the student protests over the Olympics in Mexico. There are high expectations that the Games will spark improvements in China's human rights ...

Olympics to kill the arts in the UK from Benjaminbrum 944 days old

Nicholas Hytner has accused the government of "a spectacular lack of logic" in handing lottery money intended for the arts to the Olympics. But Culture ...