DVD of the 2008 Bejing Olympics Opening Ceremony

You can get your hands on a DVD off the Olympics Opening Ceremony of the Bejing 2008 Olympics from Yes Asia.

Day 4 Caption Competition

Go on, hit me with the caption :-)

Day 2 Caption Competition

Your entries please on the "leader of the free world":

Medal Table: Day 2

Only one medal for UK but China are leading the way in terms of gold medals with three, but the United States have so far won 8.

Thmas Haffield din't progress in the 400m individual medley, but Jemma Low got

into the semi-final of the 100m butterfly.

Nicole Cooke one Olympic gold in the women's road race to get our first medal.

Ben Ainslie has moved from 3rd to 2nd position in the sailing.

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	3	1	0	4
United States	2	2	4	8
South Korea	2	1	0	3
Australia	1	0	1	2
Netherlands	1	0	1	2
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
Spain	1	0	0	1
Romania	1	0	0	1
Russian Fed	0	2	0	2
Austria	0	1	0	1
Cuba	0	1	0	1
Hungary	0	1	0	1
Italy	0	1	0	1
Turkey	0	1	0	1
Zimbabwe	0	1	0	1
Argentina	0	0	1	1
Croatia	0	0	1	1
Georgia	0	0	1	1
Japan	0	0	1	1
North Korea	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Beijing Weather - Fog, Smog or Bright Sunshine?

Hopefully this thing will work and you'll see the latest weather in Beijing!

Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony

It looks like the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics may take three hours or so! I'll try and get some coverage of it on this blog if I can.

Satire: The Bejing Olympics Are A Trap!

I feel very sorry for the people that think this is real!

Beijing Welcome You 2008 Olympic Video 北京歡迎妳

The Beijing video that will welcome millions of people to the Olympic games can be seen below. It does remind me of a Eurovision Entry however!

And if you wanted subtitles: What are your thoughts?

BBC Olympics Coverage Introduction Monkey

If you wanted to see the marketing stuff for the BBC's coverage of the Olympics then you can here with the Monkey. It's based on the Chinese folklore of "Journey to the West".

Beijing: A Hard Act To Follow - My Arse!

Don't you just love us Brits? We spend the entire month slamming the Chinese for their crack down on security, free speach, this, that and other. And then we turn around and say "it'll be a hard act to follow"!! Apparently, the Cheif Exec of the London 2012 committee, Paul Deighted has admitted that he was feeling "trepidation" in trying to create a London games that was as good as Bejing! Rubbish! We can do anything! That includes wasting money on crappy junkets and toys for the boys. My view is that we shouldn't be trying to downsize the London games - that is after the "news" that the 2012 Olympic organisers are planning to reduce the capacity of the Olympic village by 2012. It also appears that they're having problems raising £1bn of private finance for the games - why do we cock everything up!

Paula Radcliffe Still Not Sure

It appears that Paula Radcliffe won't appear in the Beijing Olympics and she's leaving it chuffing late. It's due to meet up with the rest of the team at their training camp today. Let's hope that she's fully fit and makese up for Greece! Go Paula!

IOC Chief Jacque Rogge's Not Worried

The IOC isn't worried about the press being distracted about non-Olympics news and see's that the press will be focused on the atheletes and the medal winners. Here's a news report from the AP:

Journos Have Internet Blocked - And They're Shocked?

I can't remember if it was BBC or ITV news the other night that commented on some sites being blocked in China. But the reporter showed that some sites were blocked or redirected in China. So what? The report didn't show that the Chinese government had blocked any sites necessary for their job!!

The sites that they showed were blocked were the Amnesty one and some extreme cult in China. I'm sorry but that doesn't stop you reporting on the OLYMPIC GAMES!

The difference between the Chinese government and the British one is that at least the Chinese are open and upfront about the content they don't want you to see. This government just tracks your every movement online and will be sneaky about it all.

We criticise the Chinese government, but who are we to talk about individual human rights where the government has a right to enter you home at will and take photos. Your calls are monitored, your emails read. You're tracked 24/7.

And the press - pure hyprocrites. They talk about freedoms, but what our freedom to privacy? They follow people around take photos into their homes from accross the street, they sneak cameras in to people's bedrooms to take photos of things that have nothing to do with them and the general public, so give me a break!

This is the Olympics so report on the events!