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Aug 18, 2008 7:05 AM CDT

Hurdler Drops Out, Stunning China

Liu had been one of China's favorite storylines

(Newser) - Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, whose rock-star status had made him his nation's favorite Olympic storyline, dropped out of his first race today after just two painful steps, the Washington Post reports. Liu had recovered from a hamstring injury since pulling out of a May 31 meet in New York, but...

In China and Russia,
a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

ANALYSIS

Aug 17, 2008 2:36 PM CDT

In China and Russia, a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

Is the Age of Authoritarianism upon us?

(Newser) - The autocratic world powers that were crumbling in the late 1980s may yet have their day, and sooner than we think, writes executive editor Bill Keller in the New York Times. As China keeps its stranglehold on free speech despite promises to the IOC, and Russia tests how far it...

Another
Global Crisis,
Another Vacation

OPINION

Aug 17, 2008 9:19 AM CDT

Another Global Crisis, Another Vacation

President still not taking job seriously: Dowd

(Newser) - “America’s back in the cold war and W.’s back on vacation,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, observing that as another global crisis begins, the president is again failing to take it seriously. After condemning Russia’s push into Georgia, Bush skipped off...

Why China's Rooting for Us

OPINION

Aug 16, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

Why China's Rooting for Us

(Newser) - China hopes that its Olympic team will do the country proud—but many Chinese are openly rooting for US athletes. Why the love? Francesco Sisci, an Italian diplomat who lives there and whose wife is Chinese, writes in the Washington Post that the idea of "America," even with...

Cops Turn China Protesters Into Propaganda

Aug 15, 2008 7:09 PM CDT

Cops Turn China Protesters Into Propaganda

Beijing police feed arrested visitors fried chicken, deport them

(Newser) - The Rev. Patrick Mahoney posed for pictures during his interrogation in Beijing—half of it, anyway. Over 7 hours, police ran a classic good cop/bad cop routine on Mahoney, who had unfurled a “Jesus Christ is King” banner in Tiananmen Square, he tells the Washington Post. "They wanted...

Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

analysis

Aug 14, 2008 8:06 PM CDT

Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

Citizen journalist is forced to leave Beijing, but he plans to return

(Newser) - Twitter gets a bad rap for its often less-than-substantive musings, but every now and then the service proves its "true potential" as an Internet tool, writes Mathew Ingram in the Toronto Globe and Mail. Case in point: When a Chinese citizen journalist recently traveled to Beijing, the authorities hustled...

Pickup Ping-Pong Rules Chinese Playgrounds

Aug 14, 2008 7:11 PM CDT

Pickup Ping-Pong Rules Chinese Playgrounds

Columnist gets schooled playing pick-up in Beijing

(Newser) - China’s domination in table tennis is well documented—the top nine players in the world are Chinese, and the country nearly always takes the gold medal. But the LA Times’ Bill Plaschke wanted to see the sport in its natural habitat: in the park. Ping-pong tables dot Beijing the...

Foreign Adoption
Getting Harder

Aug 14, 2008 3:44 PM CDT

Foreign Adoption Getting Harder

Could be boon for thousands in US foster care

(Newser) - Heightened awareness of child trafficking and improving economies abroad are making it harder for Americans to adopt foreign kids. US officials are taking a closer look at visa applications and discouraging adoptions from countries that don’t comply with a new international adoption agreement, USA Today reports. At the same...

China Defends
'Olympic Karaoke'

OLYMPICS

Aug 14, 2008 9:50 AM CDT

China Defends 'Olympic Karaoke'

Bucktoothed girl not 'flawless' enough for Olympic image

(Newser) - Chinese officials are defending Friday’s lip-synched performance of its national anthem, reports the AP. "There were a number of candidates to sing that song and at the end of the day the artistic directors picked the best voice and the best performer," a spokesman said. The actual...

Chinese Dancer Paralyzed in Fall

OLYMPICS

Aug 14, 2008 7:23 AM CDT

Chinese Dancer Paralyzed in Fall

Liu Yan was rehearsing for opening ceremonies; may never walk again

(Newser) - One of China’s top classical dancers may have been paralyzed for life during rehearsals for the Olympics' opening ceremonies, the New York Times reports. Liu Yan was to perform the show’s only solo number, until she missed a jump to a malfunctioning platform 12 days ago, falling 10...

Beijing Struggles
to Fill Stadiums

OLYMPICS

Aug 13, 2008 11:18 AM CDT

Beijing Struggles to Fill Stadiums

Sold-out games are full of empty seats

(Newser) - Olympic organizers have a problem: No one’s going to their sold-out events. Foot traffic is sparse in Olympic Park, and empty seats have abounded at early events. The panicked Chinese have organized yellow-shirted, state-trained “cheer-squads” to fill the holes, but that hasn’t been enough for the IOC,...

China Arrests Free Tibet Demonstrators

Aug 13, 2008 8:32 AM CDT

China Arrests Free Tibet Demonstrators

Authorities take away American protesters in Beijing park

(Newser) - Chinese police arrested five American protesters who blocked the entrance to a park in Beijing while shouting "Free Tibet!", Reuters reports. The demonstrators were associated with Students for a Free Tibet, who said there were eight in total. It remains unknown where the protesters have been taken.

China Gymnasts Golden
Amid Age Accusations

Olympics

Aug 13, 2008 7:46 AM CDT

China Gymnasts Golden Amid Age Accusations

Second-place US thinks Chinese girls too young

(Newser) - China’s women bested the defending champion US women to take their first gymnastics gold medal today, as the Americans stumbled and the younger, smaller Chinese gymasts won a comfortable lead. But the victory came amid continuing charges that the Chinese competitors—who average 4 foot 9 and 77 pounds—...

China's Anthem Star a Fake

Aug 12, 2008 8:02 AM CDT

China's Anthem Star a Fake

China replaces buck-toothed girl to craft 'perfect image'

(Newser) - Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke became a sensation after performing the Chinese anthem at the Olympics opening ceremony, and has been busily doing interviews and accepting praise ever since. There’s just one problem: The voice billions around the world actually heard was a 7-year-old with crooked teeth who was replaced after...

Gourmet Writer a
Threat to Beijing?

Aug 11, 2008 3:31 PM CDT

Gourmet Writer a Threat to Beijing?

Baffled food journalist denied Olympic visa

(Newser) - She's not a Tibetan activist, a human-rights watchdog, or a political correspondent. So why couldn't Karen Coates, a food writer for Gourmet, get a visa to cover the Beijing Olympics? She recounts the mind-numbing bureaucratic hoops she jumped through to submit her application, which seems to have vanished into a...

China Set to Surpass US
as Largest Manufacturer

Aug 11, 2008 1:32 PM CDT

China Set to Surpass US as Largest Manufacturer

Second place awaits after 100 years on top

(Newser) - China will surpass the US as the world’s No. 1 manufacturer by next year, the Financial Times reports. China, which last year accounted for 13.2% of manufacturing, will soon account for 17%, just ahead of the US, which has been the planet's dominant manufacturer for more than a...

US Tops China
in Hoops Opener

OLYMPICS

Aug 10, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

US Tops China in Hoops Opener

Dream Team wins Beijing preliminary game

(Newser) - The United States opened its campaign for Olympic basketball redemption today with a 101-70 rout of host China that had even the home crowd oohing and aahing. And fans including President Bush got what they came to see."I had five dunks in one game. That's because of the...

8 Killed in
China Bombings

Aug 10, 2008 5:58 AM CDT

8 Killed in China Bombings

New violence from Muslim separatists rocks Xinjiang province

(Newser) - Eight people were killed today in a dozen suicide bomb attacks on government buildings by Muslim separatists in China's restive western Xinjiang province, Reuters reports. The homemade grenade attacks and police shootout rocked the small village of Kuga, some 2,000 miles from Beijing, at dawn. Almost all of the...

Blast Kills 2 in Western China

Aug 9, 2008 7:35 PM CDT

Blast Kills 2 in Western China

Attack follows last week's killing of 16 in Muslim minority region

(Newser) - Explosions killed at least two people and injured several in western China Sunday, the AP reports. The blasts rocked the Muslim minority region of Xinjiang, home to the Uighurs, despite increased security after a similar attack left 16 dead this week. Gunfire reportedly followed the explosions, and police have cordoned...

The Price of Reaching the Top

Aug 9, 2008 10:27 AM CDT

The Price of Reaching the Top

Chinese weightlifter left her family as child

(Newser) - Nearly all of Chin'a Olympic athletes come out of the country’s sports boarding schools—a system that depends on the dismal prospects of the country's poor. "A rich person would never let his child do this," the father of Athens gold medalist Chen Yanqing tells the Wall ...