Top-of-the-Week Links: 9-year-old Lin Dan’s letter to his mother, profile on Old China Hand Bill Bishop, and how to fix Chinese basketball

By Anthony Tao August 6, 2012 7:55 pm   Comments: 2

Lin Dan, the greatest men’s badminton player ever, via cfensi It’s Monday, but that’s no reason to despair. Soon it will no longer be Monday. Also, Usain Bolt is insanely fast. Links. 

Friday Links: Woman raised from dead, John Leonard isn’t apologizing to Ye Shiwen, and the story of diver Wu Minxia

By Anthony Tao August 3, 2012 9:00 pm   Comments: 6

Via Buzzfeed Combining regular and Olympics links tonight. Here we go…

Olympics Links: Badminton bombshell: four doubles teams disqualified for match-fixing

By Anthony Tao August 1, 2012 11:11 pm   Comments: 4

If you’re not up to speed on badminton’s big scandal, first go read this. And then realize that the IOC and Badminton World Federation just dropped the biggest bombshell of these Games by disqualifying four pairs of teams from the quarterfinals for match-fixing, including two teams — both South Korean (what is it with South Koreans... Read more »

Mid-Week Links: Xenophobia in Beijing, porn drops a set to police, and China’s angelic trash collector

By Anthony Tao August 1, 2012 9:31 pm   Comments: 0

We haven’t done gratuitous boobs in a while, so here’re some from ChinaJoy, via MIC Gadget Olympics continue, but so do other stuff. Proof in the links.

Olympics Links: North Korean underdog wins weightlifting, more reactions to opening ceremony, and Sun Yang breathes fire

By Anthony Tao July 30, 2012 9:22 pm   Comments: 0

China women’s volleyball’s sweet midnight-blue uniforms. The excitement continues. Here are some of the more noteworthy stories from the Olympics.

Top-of-the-Week Links: Another NIMBY protest, this time in Qidong; Hong Kongers protest “national education,” and Murong Xuecun on China

By Anthony Tao July 30, 2012 7:01 pm   Comments: 0

Protest in Qidong, Jiangsu, via Ministry of Tofu Again, we’ll have an Olympics post after this one. Here are your regularly scheduled links.

Olympics Links: How China changed the Olympics, where to watch in Beijing and online, and we turn to Xinhua’s forum for a chuckle

By Anthony Tao July 27, 2012 10:14 pm   Comments: 0

OOPS! Via Daily Mail: “North Korea’s women footballers walked off in protest before their match with Colombia yesterday when the flag of bitter rivals South Korea was mistakenly shown on the big screen in Scotland’s Hampden Park.” Manchester City just beat the incredibly popular-in-China Arsenal 2-0 in heavy rain at the Bird’s Nest today. The... Read more »

Friday Links: Bo Xilai back in the news, Beijing rainstorm death toll raised to 77, and ChinaJoy

By Anthony Tao July 27, 2012 7:38 pm   Comments: 0

Global Times A special Olympics links post is coming up shortly (no pun intended). For now, non-Olympics links.

Mid-Week Links: Beijinger and Londoner have different feelings about Olympics, an explosion in Fangshan, and People’s Daily joins Weibo

By Anthony Tao July 25, 2012 9:30 pm   Comments: 0

Foreigner in Hong Kong, via Reddit As we in Beijing await the second wave of rains, here are links.

Top-of-the-Week Links: “Gay” definition omitted, iPad 3s don’t cause Apple store riots, and China is apparently an A cup, breast-wise

By Anthony Tao July 23, 2012 8:00 pm   Comments: 3

A Structure of Human Rights in Beijing, 2012 Skyscraper Competition Honorable Mention, via eVolo The Olympics begin this week. Bet you forgot, huh? Be reminded over links.