Olympic Information Center: links on 8 July (1)

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- “I'm watching the South China Morning Post Olympics edition and they are more propagandistic than the China Daily”

http://olympics.scmp.com/ - You (edit | delete)

- We are ready #2! Advertisers and visas (James Fallows)

- Summer Olympics Disaster Guide (Slate)

- Digital China: Ten Things Worth Knowing about the Chinese Internet (Huffington Post)

- Blood Storage and Internet Censorship For Olympics (Global Voices)

- The ghost Games (The Australian)

Very thorough overview of all what is banned in Beijing - You

- Beijing Olympics weather drill to attempt rain cloud dispersal (Xinhua)

- Websites told to stop streaming torch relay (Shanghai Daily)

- Beijing 'failing pollution test' (BBC)

- Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal (BBC)

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Does the Coke chief realize that he just compared China to Nazi Germany? - sage brennan

PR is indeed an art :-) - You

Ya mean they're different? I like German wurst better than Chinese, but the Chinese noodles edge out spaetzel. - Mark Forman

- China battles algae in Olympics sailing venue (People's Daily)

Very thorough report! - You

- Citizen journalists prepare for the Olympics (Global Voices_

- public transport in Beijing (James Fallows)

Fighting bureaucracies is one of the nice things in China, although it is not the best way to run trains on time. - You

- Is Sarkozy the problem with Sino-French relations? (Global Voices)

- Xinhua's Vanishing Riot Report (Pomflet's China)

- China: Let's do push-up! (Global Voices)

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This is a classic story... these types of "movements" are unique to China's Internet. Fantastic! - sage brennan

Olympic Information Center: links on 7 July (2)(China Herald)

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