Jottings from the Granite Studio

A Qing historian reads the newspaper…

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The emperor shows his benevolence

August 1st, 2008 · 15 Comments

After a small tempest in tbe media tea pot erupted this past week, President Hu Jintao today announced that foreign reporters covering the Olympics in Beijing would have unrestricted access to the internet.  The glorious moment came only after BOCOG and members of the IOC publicly greased up the backside of IOC spokesman Kevan Gosper, [...]

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