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Chinese Couple Films Themselves Banging in Uniqlo, Sparks National Furor
Andy Cush · 07/16/15 11:10AMHong Kong Democracy Protesters Undeterred by American-Style Gassing
Dayna Evans · 09/28/14 10:50AMChina Forces the Cancellation of Beijing Independent Film Festival
Dayna Evans · 08/23/14 08:45AMComing Out and of Age in the People's Republic
Massoud Hayoun · 07/26/14 05:09PMSarah Hedgecock · 03/21/14 10:58AM
1,094 Arrested in Major Baby Trafficking Bust
Dayna Evans · 03/01/14 09:35AMThis Surreal Footage Shows a Reporter Being Detained by Chinese Police on Live TV
Max Read · 03/15/13 01:22PMSky News correspondent Mark Stone was detained by Chinese police in Beijing this morning while in the middle of a live segment on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Most of the episode—include the moment they were detained, and Stone's conversations with one officer in the midst of their detention—was captured by Sky's camera operator and broadcast live to viewers of the English cable channel. (The entire incident was also captured by another police officer, who filmed the incident on a portable camera.) Stone says that they were detained for saying an unspecified word ("protest"? "Massacre"?) during the report; the English-speaking cop with whom he talks says they were stopped from filming because they didn't have the right permits. [TV Newser]
Government Bans Fly Orgies in Beijing Public Restrooms
Caity Weaver · 05/23/12 06:00PMBoring Biden Speech Incites 'Fisticuffs'
Maureen O'Connor · 08/18/11 12:58PMSee How China's Celebrating 90 Years of Communism
Lauri Apple · 06/29/11 03:45AMiPad 'Near-Riot' Injures Four
Max Read · 05/08/11 02:24PMMark Zuckerberg's Beijing Adventure
Max Read · 12/20/10 03:36AMMonkey in the Middle
Brian Moylan · 05/24/10 06:06PMOn Golden Yuan
Brian Moylan · 08/25/09 04:51PMDubai Enters the Ozymandias Age
Owen Thomas · 03/27/09 04:22PMSure Hope No One Is Paying Michael Phelps To Endorse This Sweatshirt!
Moe · 08/19/08 11:11AMOh my, Michael Phelps, what have we here? I am guessing it was a local purchase? Perhaps from a small boutique in one of those labyrinthine Chinese megamalls that you could never actually find again in the case you discovered their elaborate certification that you were buying a genuine limited-edition Bathing Ape was a forgery? Here is a hint: Bathing Ape doesn't manufacture hoodies with short sleeves! I don't think so anyway. No one should! But also: I know you are down with G-Unit or whatever but you are a vaguely dorky-looking 6'5 white swimmer. The "whimsical self-mocking hip-hop internationalist" aesthetic was not meant for you. Your shorter whimsical less-white friend knows this. Call us when you win some gold medals that look as as cool as Mark Spitz's! [Guest of a Guest] Wholly unrelated: Just Asking: Is Michael Phelps A Douche? [Bestweekever]
Inside the Fakery of China's Opening Ceremonies: Fireworks, Flubs, and a Lip-Synching Scandal
Kyle Buchanan · 08/12/08 01:15PMThey were the Olympic opening ceremonies that wowed the world with their stunning displays of Socialist sophistication— but were they on the level? Allegations are flying that Chinese authorities faked certain parts of the broadcast, even going so far as to replace a singing 7-year-old who organizers deemed not hot enough to serve as the face of young China. Says HuffPo of the last-minute switch:
American Tourist Murdered in Beijing
ian spiegelman · 08/09/08 10:16AMThe Beijing Olympics got off to a rough start as a crazed attacker assailed two American tourists and a Chinese tour guide with a knife this morning, killing a man and wounding two women. The murder victim was a relative of the U.S. men's volleyball coach. The assailant committed suicide after the attack, according to authorities, throwing himself off the 45-meter Drum Tower. U.S. softball player Laura Berg and USOC spokesman respond to the tragedy after the jump.
Gawker's Complete Guide To Covering The Olympics
Hamilton Nolan · 08/06/08 10:22AMIt goes without saying that we will not be in Beijing to cover the Olympics. Furthermore, we've never been to Beijing, and our Olympic experience is limited to one pair of first-round tickets to see the Dream Team crush Kyrgyzstan or somebody in Atlanta in 1996. None of this precludes us from rounding up all of the information on the Internet in order to tell the media that actually is covering the Olympics in Beijing how to do its job. So listen up! Don't be just another sap writing about Michael Phelps while being beaten by Chinese police. After the jump, the only guide to covering the wondrous 2008 Olympics you will ever need: