It was not hard for me to look back on China in 2008. All I had to do was peruse through my blog the ‘Vance Report’ to get a snapshot of 2008. It has been an amazing year for China and one that will go down into the history books as a bittersweet collection of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2008-Olympics’
IOC Criticism of Olympic Star Usain Bolt Rings Hollow
Posted by Robert Vance on August 22nd, 2008
Shortly before the Olympic games commenced in Beijing nearly two weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled Should We Feel Sorry for Olympic Press Chief Kevan Gosper? in which I suggested that the best course of action for Gosper was to “keep his mouth shut.” Now, I am afraid that I have to suggest that IOC President [...]
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Tags: 2008 Games, 2008-Olympics, Beijing Games, Bolt Rogge, China, ioc, Jamaican Track Star, Jean Rogge, Usain Bolt 
3 Comments »Chen Ruolin Wins Olympic Diving Gold Tonight in Amazing Fashion
Posted by Robert Vance on August 21st, 2008
There was simply no splash. At least, that is how Chen Ruolin’s gold medal winning plunge just a few minutes ago in the Women’s Olympic 10 Meter Dive appeared to my untrained eye. I was cheering for Canada; I will admit it. I was hoping that Emilie Heymans could carry her superb performance through to the very end. [...]
President Bush Slams Beijing on Eve of 2008 Olympic Games
Posted by Robert Vance on August 8th, 2008
President Bush should beware. After making his strongest condemnation of Beijing ever yesterday in Thailand, he may very well receive the same frosty welcome that French President Nicholas Sarkozy is likely to receive. If the Chinese population at large happens to hear about what Mr. Bush said, any appreciation that they had for his willingness [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008 Games, 2008-Olympics, beijing, CCP, Communist Party, hu jintao, Human Rights, president bush 2 Comments »Why the Olympic Games Are Not About China After Tonight
Posted by Robert Vance on August 8th, 2008
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is just a few hours away; Beijing’s sigh of relief will be a sigh heard around the world. I will also be sighing with relief; these perilous months leading up to the Olympics have been exhausting. I am tired of hearing Chinese people proclaim their hatred for those [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, beijing, China, Communism, NBC television, Olympic Games, Watching the Olympics 1 Comment »Searching for the Olympic Spirit in China
Posted by Robert Vance on July 15th, 2008
Robert Vance here. With under a month remaining before Beijing basks in the glorious light of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, I am in search of something that has gone missing in China. I have been faithfully searching for it but it continues to elude me. It was here just a few short months ago. I know it was; [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, Carrefour, China, Olympic Games, olympic opening ceremony, olympic spirit, protests, robert vance, Tibet No Comments »Abortion and Chairman Mao Dominate the Weekly China Roundup
Posted by Robert Vance on July 12th, 2008
The Weekly China Roundup from Sino News on TeachAbroadChina.com
Forced abortions are still taking place in China according to some of my close friends here. A lady explains to me this week that having to pay fines for a child that has already been born is one thing;having the government find out that you are pregnant with [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, abortion, chairman mao, China, China travel guide, chinese province, mao zedong, president bush No Comments »Does China Owe an Apology to the World?
Posted by Robert Vance on June 27th, 2008
For months, my friends and students in China have been accusing the world, and especially the United States, of trying to inject politics into the 2008 Olympics Games.Those who have dared to mention to mention the words Tibet’ and ‘Olympics’ in the same sentence are accused of mixing the sacred with the profane. The Olympics Games [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, China, Chinese Politics, dalai lama, Olympic Games, Tibet 7 Comments »16 ‘Brainwashed’ Tibetan Monks are Arrested in China
Posted by Robert Vance on June 7th, 2008
The Chinese government propaganda’s machine was in full swing this week in its latest attempt to portray the Tibetan people and their spiritual leaders as terrorists. According to Xinhua, China’s state owned media and official mouthpiece for the PRC, 16 Tibetan monks have been arrested in connection with some alleged bombing and bomb plots that have taken place in Tibet this year. The [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 16 monks arrested, 2008-Olympics, Buddhism, China, China Human Rights, dalai lama, Tibet, Tibet Protests 1 Comment »Beijing Slams Britain for Meeting with Dalai Lama
Posted by Robert Vance on May 25th, 2008
It was back to ‘business as usual’ for the Chinese government on Saturday when it condemned Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and members of the British Parliament for meeting with the Dalai Lama. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing was quoted as saying that the meeting in Britain “interferes in China’s internal affairs and hurts the [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, Britian Dalai Lama, China, dalai lama, Gordon Brown, hu jintao, Tibet 72 Comments »
