Browsing Tag »Beijing«

Politics and Beijing Olympics — Alternative Point of View

January 30, 2008

As the Beijing Olympics fast approaches, Western media organizations are quick to pull out the well-worn cliches about repressive regimes and the Olympic Games. It is refreshing therefore to read this interview in the Seattle Times blog with Dr Susan Brownell, an American anthropologist who does research on sports in China and their connection with politics, [...]

Leaning Towers of Beijing

December 16, 2007

Keel over the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Move aside, the Twin Towers of Kuala Lumpur. Here come the Twin Leaning Towers of Beijing. The new CCTV (China Central TV) building is one of the growing number of icons designed by international architects in the city of Beijing. I passed by this building almost every [...]