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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Communism’
Why the Olympic Games Are Not About China After Tonight
Posted by Robert Vance on August 8th, 2008
Posted in The Vance Report 
Tags: 2008-Olympics, beijing, China, Communism, NBC television, Olympic Games, Watching the Olympics 
1 Comment »Why China is No Longer a Communist Country
Posted by Robert Vance on July 25th, 2008
I saw Chairman Mao one time in Beijing. Or at least I thought it was Chairman Mao. I was only able to glance at him for five short seconds before a somber faced security guard prodded myself and hundreds of other people out of the Chairman Mao Mausoleum and back onto Tiananmen Square. Yes, Mao Zedong, the founder of [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: CCP, chairman mao, chinese friends, Communism, Communists, mao mausoleum, mao zedong, republic of china, tiananmen square 45 Comments »Will Kids be Banned from the Olympic Games?
Posted by Robert Vance on May 8th, 2008
Beijing authorities have been working hard to rid the 2008 Olympic host city of beggars, stray cats, bad English signs, polluted air, rundown hotels, and foreign students who are seen as a political threat to the Games. Now that hand-foot-mouth disease has once again reared its ugly head in China and poses yet another threat to China’s precious Olympic Games, should not the authorities move [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008 Games, Beijing Olympics, CCP, China Disease, Communism, EV71, Hand Foot Mouth Disease No Comments »Why Talking about Politics in China is a Bad Idea
Posted by Robert Vance on April 21st, 2008
The title of this article is a little misleading. I know that you are going to talk about politics in China. Every foreign teacher does; it’s inevitable. Your students will want to talk about politics during social talk. Your friends will want to talk about politics at dinner. You can talk about politics; it is [...]
