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Articles tagged with: Beijing 2008

The Lord Of The Visa

July 16, 2008 – 7:00 pm | 19 Comments

Wait­ing two more min­utes doesn’t sound so bad. We have been stand­ing in the small — yet over­crowded — room for about two hours, brows­ing brochures about the lat­est Shen­zhen fair trade and exchang­ing exas­per­ated glances with our unfor­tu­nate lineup mates. I went out twice for a smoke, drank about two liters of water and read all the notes taped on the wall.

I Won't Boycott The Olympic Games

April 23, 2008 – 10:22 pm | 27 Comments

Some­thing has been both­er­ing me for a while now. Maybe it’s the one-sided view of the prob­lem. Maybe it’s because I feel we’re witch-hunting. Maybe it’s because I can’t take hypocrisy very well. or maybe I’ve just been brain­washed my the Chi­nese as my friends like to joke.