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You forgot another villain: Mohammad Alirezaei, the Iranian swimmer who refused to race against an Israeli. And whatever coaches or officials from Iran who put him up to it. Completely disgraceful....

I was there in Beijing at the big box office, and I'm with Maggie - I did not see any problems. One guy got sent to the back of the line when he tried to cut up front for diving tickets, but aside fro...

I certainly hope this story is just more of the kind of hysterical exaggeration we see lately, or some sort of translation error. I'll be finding out soon enough when my wife (who is black) visits fro...

Is it just me, or is Wikipedia suddenly blocked again? And it might help if we start a rumor that Kenny G is close friends with a certain exiled religious leader......

Has anybody noticed that the Environmental Bureau spokesman's statement is pure bunk? Since air quality can be measured on a daily basis, there is no need to evaluate after the Games if the goal was m...

Seems to me the two girls were just repeating things that every caring mother should tell her daughter. Heck, I'm a man, and in an honest moment I would probably tell her the same thing. How differen...

What I find even odder than the girl's rant (it's certainly in bad taste, but the kind of thing us old folks expect from uncouth, self-centered youth), is the online apologies from supposed family mem...

Seems to me that boycotting companies which happen to be French because of what certain French people did exhibits a fair amount of naivety about how things work. Just because some French people prote...

This whole process just seems odd to me. Thousands and thousands more foreigners will be coming to China for the Olympics, but the authorities are responding by making it harder to come. Seems like a ...

Now the word comes out on the "real" reason. It seems that Workers Stadium is not up to par yet. I suspect authorities were reluctant to admit that an Olympic venue was behind schedule. After all, thi...

I know of one restaurant in Beijing that does this, a good, moderate-price place....

I'm sure the situation must be very frustrating for the Ministry of Culture with Chinese Characteristics. Performing artists are so unpredictable. Even if they vetted every recording Bjork has ever ma...

Never mind. It's blocked again - at least in Beijing....