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SubscribeWould-Be Protesters Detained in China
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19protest.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss-
Head Music's Blizzard PMP does the dual headphone thing
http://www.engadget.com/ 2008/ 08/ 20/ head-musics-blizzard-pmp-does-the-dual-he…Filed under: Portable AudioThough this isn't the first music player we've seen with dual headphone jacks, it's still one of only a handful available today. Head Music's 4GB Blizzard offers up a rather plain (okay, exceptionally plain) design with a 2.8-inch 320 x 240 touchscreen, FM tuner, rechargeable
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Serbia earns semifinal date with Americans
http://www.themoneytimes.com/ news/ 20080820/ serbia_earns_semifinal_date_with_a…Teaser: Beijing -- Dusko Pijetlovic scored four goals Wednesday to carry Serbia past Spain 9-5 and set up a semifinal meeting with the United States in men's Olympic water polo. Story: The Americans lost once in the five-game preliminary round that that was a 4-2 setback to Serbia, which finished third in the group and was forced to play in Wednesday's quarterfinals.
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Wrestler equals record with third gold
http://www.themoneytimes.com/ news/ 20080820/ wrestler_equals_record_with_third_…Teaser: Beijing -- Buvaysa Saytiev of Russia became the second wrestler in Olympic history to win three gold medals Wednesday. Story: For the third straight Games, Saytiev won the championships in the men's 74-kilogram weight class.
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Acorn Blames Sichuan Earthquake For 25% Net Revenue Drop
http://www.chinatechnews.com/ 2008/ 08/ 20/ 7317-acorn-blames-sichuan-earthquake…Chinese TV shopping company Acorn International (ATV) says quarterly net revenues were USD47.2 million, a decrease of 25.4% compared to USD63.3 million in the second quarter of 2007, as it announced its second quarter financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2008.
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Olympic Medal: M 74kg Free Wrestling
http://www.themoneytimes.com/ news/ 20080820/ olympic_medal_m_74kg_free_wrestlin…Teaser: Beijing -- Buvaysa Saytiev of Russia won the Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the 74-kilogram class of men's freestyle wrestling. Story: Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan won the silver. Bronze medals were awarded to Murad Gaidarov of Belarus and Kiril Terziev of Bulgaria.
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Beijing 2008 Olympics: Freedom of Speech Promised then Denied
http://www.mattwardman.com/ blog/ 2008/ 08/ 20/ beijing-2008-olympics-freedom-of…Beijing 2008 Olympics: Freedom of Speech Promised then Denied From the desk of admin ·August 20, 2008 at 11:53 am · Filed under All WW, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Campaigns, Free Speech Campaign, International, Media, Not Cricket, Politics, Video This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Beijing
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China: Watching women's volleyball
http://globalvoicesonline.org/ 2008/ 08/ 20/ china-watching-womens-volleyball/Thanks to Bill Bishop at the MarketWatch Olympic Blog, we are given a recount of a day at the beach watching the US, Brazil and China's women's volleyball teams in the semi-finals. Not just that, Bill points us to a link that shows what the Beach Babes cheerleaders had to wear all day.
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Citizen Journalism / Brian Conley held by Chinese Authorities
http://machination.org/ 2008/ 08/ 20/ citizen-journalism-brian-conley-held-by-ch…What is a non-citizen journalist? A correspondent from abroad? I think “citizen journalism” has become a bogus term. (The synonyms that Wikipedia currently suggests are mostly better.) To me, one can reduce it to either you’re doing journalism or you are not.
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Not a Perfect World in China
http://www.themoneytimes.com/ articles/ 20080820/ not_a_perfect_world_in_china-i…Teaser: It's only fitting that Perfect World (Nasdaq: PWRD) proves fallible as the world's greatest athletes angle for perfection in the company's home city of Beijing. read more
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New Global ETF Gives Exact Exposure To Asia
http://www.etftrends.com/ 2008/ 08/ new-global-etf-gives-exact-exposure-to-asia.…Barclays Global Investors has expanded on the Asian invasion within equity markets with a new exchange traded fund (ETF) that takes investors deeper into the continent. The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index Fund is listed on Nasdaq, and it offers broad, diversified access to the equity
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