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Tuesday August 12th

Opening Ceremony panoramic photos 19636

http://bbs.2008.163.com/bbs/dahua/90470125.html

by hghlndr Mon Aug 11th, 2008 8:55pm (from bordom.net) [score: 238 | approval: 80%]

The atmosphere not captured by NBC's shitty videography More →

2008, beijing, ceremony, olympics, olympics 2008, opening

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Monday January 14th

Report on beer-fed vegetables untrue 17131

http://en.beijing2008.cn/bocog/bocognews/headlines/n214223050.shtml

by bvllets Mon Jan 7th, 2008 5:49pm (from #bor) [score: 342 | approval: 67%]

An official of the Games Services Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) refuted Friday a recent media report that claimed some of the vegetables to be grown for and offered on the Olympic menus will be fertilized by beer and soybean milk. More →

The official said the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games serve as a vast platform to showcase the food products of Chinese suppliers to the world.

beer, beijing, olympic games

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Wednesday February 7th 2007

Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid Of Bad Translations 13144

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117063961235897853-U_f3y5c3vvlXGKCWb14Va6...

by --B Tue Feb 6th, 2007 5:38pm (from #bor) [score: 380 | approval: 83%]

Tired of Laughter, Beijing Gets Rid Of Bad Translations

BEIJING -- For years, foreigners in China have delighted in the loopy English translations that appear on the nation's signs. They range from the offensive ("Deformed Man," outside toilets for the handicapped) to the sublime (on park lawns, "Show Mercy to the Slender Grass"). More →

beijing, china, engrish, olympics, signs, translation

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