ESPN – Cheek wants to meet with Chinese officials after having visa revoked – Olympics
So speedskater Joey Cheek, a co-founder of Team Darfur (a collection of athletes who promote Darfur awareness and seek to end the crisis there), just got his visa to go to China revoked. He was supposed to travel to Beijing tomorrow [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’
More on Team Darfur
Posted in Globalization, Links, Sports, tagged Darfur, Olympics on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three Cups of Tea
Posted in Globalization, books, tagged China, Olympics, Sports on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I devoured Three Cups of Tea in my downtime at home last week (it was sitting around for awhile, my bro got it for me for Christmas or thereabouts). The book is about one man’s (Greg Mortenson) mission to build schools, especially for girls, in the mountainous regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Definitely a [...]
The Olympics Are Coming
Posted in Globalization, Links, Sports, tagged China, Olympics, Sports on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In spite of some of the ominous clouds hanging over the Olympics (not just the rain clouds!), I find myself getting somewhat excited for the Olympics. I mean, it’s a time when the world can come together and enjoy sport, right? That said, I intentionally avoided buying any Olympics-related merchandise in China as I was [...]
