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But the Jianfu Palace affair was not the only A-list dinner in town. Almost simultaneously, exactly 30 miles north, in the shadow of the Great Wall, China's next establishment gathered to welcome their foreign friends. Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin are, as one foreign press story put it...
There were less dramatic protests in the capital, too. A team of foreign protesters scrambled up lampposts near the iconic "bird's nest" National Stadium to hang FREE TIBET banners. Three Christians were bundled out of Tiananmen Square after displaying signs calling for religious freedom in China. Then came the...
In Beijing, ordinary Chinese are finding that their freedoms are more curtailed than usual. A highly visible force of 110,000 soldiers and police officers patrol the capital, aided by 290,000 citizens wearing armbands and shirts identifying them as "security volunteers." Some neighborhoods seem to have more guards than...
For all that discontent, however, it's worth remembering that Beijing is playing host to millions of people who are determined to enjoy the Olympics (if they are spectators); to do their best in competition (if they are athletes); and indeed to celebrate China's greatest moment. "It could be...
And how does the story of Old Zhao end? He finally gets help from a member of his neighborhood committee, which gives him a pill that puts him in a coma for a month - an option also taken up by most of his neighbors. When he wakes up the Olympics...