These posts are from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters.
Featured stories about Olympics
China: Will a Nobel Peace Prize really hurt our feelings?
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Stories
September 9th, 2008
China: Free market economists urge post-Olympics social and political reforms
August 31st, 2008
China: gold medals=a great power in sports?
August 26th, 2008
China: Cop-killer online hero case goes on trial
August 25th, 2008
Brazil: An Olympic balance
For a country whose best record was its 15th place in Athens last time, Brazil's 23th medal table position in the Beijing Olympics, with only 3 gold medals was not an extraordinary defeat - however, from newspapers to blogs, the general feeling is that of disappointment. Here are some reactions from the blogosphere.
Links about Olympics
October 9th, 2008
As the Jamaican Olympic medalists implore their compatriots to “stop the violence”, A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah says: “I hope someone listens to them.”
September 19th, 2008
Allen blogs about the closing ceremony of 2008 Beijing Paralympics at the Fool's Mountain.
September 17th, 2008
“I think he forgot (that in) 2003 he failed several drug tests that questioned the validity of his achievements. Sometimes folks think what you are doing is what they are doing”: A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah is not impressed by former US sprinter Carl Lewis' insinuations about Jamaican Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt.
September 11th, 2008
“Too much human resource seems to be wasting away, which is quite evident not only from Usain's reception crowd, but by the parties and dances that are kept every single night of the week”: Stunner's Afflictions has mixed feelings about Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt's homecoming.
September 10th, 2008
“The rain didn't stop Usain Bolt's return ‘back a yawd'. People lined the road from Norman Manley Airport all the way to the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston”: A Fe Me Page Dis Iyah reports on the Olympic Gold Medalist's triumphant return home, as do YardFlex.com and Guyana 360.
September 9th, 2008
“September is the month for celebration as athletes from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica return home from the Beijing Olympics”: Caribbean Beat Blog wants to get the party started!
September 1st, 2008
Leocardo [pt] reports that the 63 Chinese medal winners have arrived today in Macau, part of a tour of China that, accorging to the blogger, made they look like “monkeys in a circus”: “Couldn't they have rested a few more days before this enormous embarrassment on the news across regional and foreign press? Is this the right way to demonstrate the unity and love for the SAR?”
August 30th, 2008
August 29th, 2008
Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million).
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