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Would sir like lung cancer or deafness with his old age?

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:53 PM by will
Like a giant kid who's been holding a fart in during a three week elevator ride, Beijing has apparently relaxed its many industrial sphincters and let a big one rip. That's the only way I can explain the lighting-fast deterioration in air quality. In Read More...
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Olympic pavilions deconstructed

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:43 AM by will
For those who are a bit weary of the whole idea of corporate pavilions, Media magazine has a witty review of the pavilions of all of the Olympic TOP sponsors. Each is helpfully compared to the Olympic athlete or icon that it most resembles. Two examples: Read More...
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The Onion: The Beijing Olympics: Are they a trap?

Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 2:34 AM by will
A hysterical, must-watch video "news" segment from satirical newspaper The Onion , which excels at humor that stings because it skirts the edge of first-glance credibility. Hat tip: Brendan O'Kane . Read More...
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And I suggest you put on a tie...

Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:03 PM by will
Showing that there is no level of micromanagement too infinitesimal for the Olympics, the Beijing city government has issued detailed (and I mean detailed) instructions on personal grooming and behavior to millions of households. From the Times (UK): Read More...
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E-Z steps to make your own Beijing air at home

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:12 AM by will
Imagethief realizes that he and much of the journalistic and blogging community have been doing a grave disservice to our readers who don't live in Beijing. We beg your forgiveness. Living in Beijing is such an all-consuming experience that we sometimes Read More...
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2007 best-of-Imagethief and statistics

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:01 PM by will
There is no such thing as a dull year in China. 2008 is well underway and already looks like another whopper. We're only a month in and we've already had the biggest storms in half a century. The Olympics, the mother of all China events, is now a scant seven months off. God only knows what will happen in between. Read More...
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Your very own model truss and other Olympic merchandising genius

Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 5:42 AM by will
When Imagethief read the words "model truss" in the headline of an article on China.org.cn , he had an immediate flashback to the hernia repair operation he had nine or ten years ago. In fact, I never needed a truss (it wasn't that bad a hernia), but Read More...
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Gumby's love child named Shanghai World Expo mascot

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:56 AM by will
Via Danwei , here is the new mascot for Shanghai World Expo: Who appears the product of cross-breeding plasticine TV legend Gumby... ...with Izzy, the 1996 Atlanta Olympic mascot: Gumby and Izzy both being somewhat gender-neutral, the only remaining question Read More...
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Top of the list of names that will date quickly...

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 4:47 AM by will
As the expectant father of a baby boy (first week of March if all goes well), Imagethief was interested to see the following brief AP article : BEIJING -- The upcoming Beijing Olympics is more than just a point of pride for China - it's such an important Read More...
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BOCOG buries the lede, we dig it up

Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:59 AM by will
We PR people have a natural tendency to try to put the best possible face on things. While this is a good skill for any PR pro to master, it can be carried too far. Ultimately, as one of my colleagues likes to say, you can't polish a turd. But that doesn't Read More...
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