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Olympic organizers say they will "simplify" torch relay in aftermath of earthquake (International Herald Tribune)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:52:03 GMT

The Olympic torch relay will be simplified, downscaled and begin with a minute of silence Wednesday when a leg kicks off in the southeastern city of Ruijin, a symbolic gesture to thousands who have died in a massive earthquake in central China.

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Olympic Torch Protests Follow Quake (China Digital Times)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:53:56 GMT

Mike Nizza, for the New York Times media blog The Lede, takes a look at discontent bubbling within China over the excitement surrounding the Olympic torch relay in light of the tragic earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on Monday: According to Agence France-Presse, an internet outcry erupted after the official Xinhua ...

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Olympic torch relay could be delayed after earthquake (The Anniston Star Online)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:04:29 GMT

BEIJING — Beijing organizers faced pressure to alter or suspend the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled next month to enter parts of the country ravaged by an earthquake.

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The Olympic Torch (GZ Expat, Part II)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT

The torch run through GZ had been planned for many months. My plan had been in place as well…stay the hell away from the city on that day. Our office is located directly across the road from Tian He Stadium, which is where the torch run was to end. The run was to start at the convention center, which is about 2km from our house! Knowing how crazy the Chinese are for everything Olympic,...

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Olympic torch revelry toned down (Denver Post)

editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:31:27 GMT

The Olympic torch will be carried through Sichuan province on schedule next month, but China is scaling back celebrations on the route out of respect for quake victims and will observe a minute of silence each morning before the relay proceeds, officials said.

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Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations Scaled Back (Get Mash)

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:20:28 GMT

BEIJING, May 13 — The Olympic torch will be carried through quake-ravaged Sichuan province on schedule next month, but China is scaling back celebrations along the route out of respect for earthquake victims and will observe a minute of silence each morning before the torch relay proceeds, offic… Read the full story

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Olympic torch relay downscaled after quake (SI.com)

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:19:20 GMT

The announcement Tuesday by Beijing Olympic organizers was a reversal of their earlier indication that there would be no changes to the relay. This came in the face of mounting pressure on Chinese-language Web sites and blogs, which overwhelmingly favored some kind of moratorium -- either now or next month when the torch enters Sichuan province.

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Chinese Envoy Reacts to Quake Disaster, Olympic Protests (PBS )

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., discusses the earthquake that rocked central China this week, protests over Tibet that have disrupted the Olympic torch relay and the state of Myanmar relief efforts.

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China bets big on Opening Ceremony (Variety.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:34:44 GMT

Sports News: Director Zhang Yimou chosen to stage event -- The international focus for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 8 is on who will attend the gala event and in what condition the Olympic torch will be when it arrives, but the Chinese are more concerned with how native son Zhang Yimou will fit 5,000 years of Chinese culture into 50 spectacular minutes.

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China Torch Relay: Xiamen (China Digital Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:49:26 GMT

From BBC News: As part of a series following the Olympic torch around China, the focus turns to Xiamen, a city on the front line of disputes between Beijing and Taipei. A stretch of beach on China's south-eastern coast overlooks tense waters. The island-city of Xiamen, in China's Fujian province, is just ...

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China's 'red tourism' stopover (BBC News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:49:07 GMT

As part of a series following the Olympic torch in China, the focus falls on Jinggangshan and its resurgence through so-called red tourism.

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Moment of Silence at Torch Relay (OTB News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:28:48 GMT

May 14 - The Olympic torch relay continued through China, despite the earthquake that has killed nearly 20 thousand people. There was a moment of silence before today's relay to remember the victims of this week’s disaster. Share This

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Moment of Silence at Torch Relay (USA Today)

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:38:42 GMT

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Real Power (London Calling)

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:47:00 GMT

I have today removed my "No torch in Tibet" logo from my blog as a mark of respect to all those Chinese who died in Monday's earthquake. As the Olympic torch relay is now being scaled back this seems yesterday's argument. The Olympics will go ahead in Beijing but no doubt when at least 15,000 people have died in a single event this week, things Olympic must have rather...

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China, Korea: More nationalist than thou (Asia Times)

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:32 GMT

South Korea got an up-close view of China's new-found nationalism when Chinese protesters came out en masse for the Seoul leg of the Olympic torch relay. South Korea had its own patriotic upsurge ahead of the 1988 Games, but the neighbors continue to brand the other's acts as more excessive and upsetting. - Sunny Lee (May 14, '08)

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Amid the tragedy lies opportunity (OTB News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:20:12 GMT

China casts itself as modern, responsive and compassionate. On television screens around the world, images of protesting Tibetan monks and an Olympic torch doused by protesters have been replaced by footage of [...]

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Amid the tragedy lies opportunity (LA Times)

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:57:10 GMT

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M1's CEO Neil Montefiore to run Olympic torch relay (Business Times Asiaone)

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

NEIL Montefiore joined MobileOne as chief executive officer on April 1, 1996 - and plunged immediately into the liberalisation that shook up Singapore's telecoms sector.

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China must act to regain image sullied by Tibet events (Business Times Asiaone)

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

WHILE the Chinese government basks in the nationalistic support of its people in the wake of attacks by pro-Tibetan groups following the path of the Olympic torch, it must at the same time cope with increasing anti-China sentiment overseas, not only on the part of governments but of their people as well.

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Minute of silence scheduled for path of Olympic torch (International Herald Tribune)

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:22:33 GMT

Text Size: China will observe one minute's silence at the start of each day of the Olympic torch relay after Monday's earthquake in southwest China killed thousands, Games organizers said.The one minute will start on Wednesday in Ruijin, in the eastern province of Jiangxi, with the celebrations scaled down for all future stops, the Web site of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the...

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