Olympics: all articles

Beijing Olympic Stadium

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Wednesday 20th August

China changes itself: an Olympics report

The Beijing Olympics reveal an unexpected face of China where power and vulnerability mingle
Monday 11th August

China's Olympics: a view from Brazil

How Brasilia sees Beijing: through a triple lens of pragmatism, anti-Americanism and principle. Plus: a Kenyan eyes the east, by Peter Kimani
Friday 8th August

China and the Olympics: a view from Pakistan

A firm Beijing-Islamabad alliance extends from politics to the track. 

Plus: Tarek Osman on Egypt's longing, Patrice de Beer on France's two minds; and Kerry Brown on Olympic realism

Thursday 7th August

China and the Olympics: a view from France

The failure of judgment towards China among the French political class is all the more reason to reaffirm universal standards of human rights, says Patrice de Beer.

China and the Olympics: a view from Egypt

The rise of a great civilisation has complex echoes at the heart of the Arab world

 

Tuesday 5th August

The Olympics countdown: Beijing to Shanghai

The pre-Olympic moment in China brings surprises as well as emotions
Friday 11th July

China on Olympic eve: a globalisation of sentiment

China's convulsive Olympic year connects its people to the rest of the world in new ways

Friday 23rd May

The Olympics’ “civilising” legacy: St Louis to Beijing

The progressive ideals of the Olympic movement are shadowed by colonial attitudes
Tuesday 6th May

China’s Olympics: after the storm

Beijing’s months of crisis may come to seem the product of a masterly public-relations campaign
Thursday 13th March

Beijing’s political tightrope-walk

China's leadership is forced to navigate a difficult domestic course in the path to the Olympics

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