The Olympics. If you build it, people will come. Or will they? For a sold-out Olympics, there sure are a lot of empty seats. Even for nutty events like USA vs. China basketball. I’m sure rejecting a bunch of travel visas didn’t make Beijing’s tourism bureau ecstatic. At each event and venue, you can spot…
Monthly Archives: August 2008
If one late, late-night post is good, two is better, non? After a lazy Saturday, I spent Sunday at three completely different sites: 1) T Square/Forbidden City; 2) a Beijing shopping mall; 3) a basketball arena with the NBA Redeem Team. I caught an 8-second glimpse of the women’s cycling competition pass by the entrance…
Wow. Forget the smog. I’ve been in a daze. After some crazy hours, silly location hunting and intermittent wifi, I now seem to be able to ehem, catch my breath. The Opening Ceremony was quite a show. For four hours, there were lights, cameras and action. And heat – plenty of it inside the stadium….
