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posted on
August 30th, 2008
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Sydney paper: ‘Western media shows its ugly face’

An article appears on Sydney Morning Herald reflects on how the western media have been handling the “chubby face, crooked teeth” incident. Hope we can see more of these self-reflection ...

posted on
August 27th, 2008
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Sydney Olympic faked it too! Where was/is the attention from the western media?

While Beijing might have used one girl to mime another to sing on the Olympic opening ceremony, Sydney used an entire orchestra to mime for another on stage during the 2000 Olympic’s opening ...

posted on
August 24th, 2008
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Rogge: girls’ age ‘OK at first sight’

Bloomberg - A Chinese Olympic gymnastics champion whose age is under investigation had her date of birth incorrectly registered at a tournament last year, leading to inaccurate reports of her age, ...

posted on
August 23rd, 2008
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AP: Maybe it’s time to open Olympics to all ages

AP - Being a young gymnast wasn’t always a bad thing. Nadia Comaneci, after all, was just 14 when she scored a perfect 10 to win gold in Montreal.

The philosophy of the time was old en ...

posted on
August 23rd, 2008
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Chinese in Vancouver
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China wins all 3 ping pong medals

Wow! Quite a scene!

Three Chinese flags are raised ...

posted on
August 22nd, 2008
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IOC orders probe over Chinese gymnast’s age

What do you think about this one?? I don’t want to believe it but….

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posted on
August 21st, 2008
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Chinese in Vancouver
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Vancouver

Which country fakes more?

An extremely funny and insightful post from macedoniaonline.eu: Please read on, you won’t regret :)

posted on
August 19th, 2008
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Chinese in Vancouver
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Vancouver

Threat to a people, not patriotism, matters

I’m completely appalled by some comments made by Mr Cheuk Kwan to the Globe and Mail today in an article/discussion titled “read more about "Threat to a people, not..."

posted on
August 18th, 2008
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Finally, a Canadian who understands…

I particularly admire Chretien for having the gut to point out that “We are at the bottom of the ladder in terms of having any influence with China.”

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posted on
August 18th, 2008
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Chinese in Vancouver
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Vancouver

Negative media attention in reverse

Ha ha. Now it’s our turn to taste the bitterness of foreign media having too much interest in our “dark sides”. Some of us who might not see why the Chinese have been upset about ...