Archive for March 17th, 2008

Mar 17 2008

Can China sweep the board?

Published by The Kibbitzer under Celestial Empire, Sports

The badminton head coach Li Yongbo recently said, ‘I think five isn’t to much to expect’ when asked how many gold medals he’s expecting this summer in Beijing.  The Brit pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, both in their 30s are still competing, not sure they’ll be around in 2012 when London is the host for the summer [...]

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Mar 17 2008

Beatlemania

Published by The Kibbitzer under Current Affairs

The Beatleslive on forever .. ..  for certain their influence/music is very profound.  We went to see Rain last night.  It’sok, they were 10 minutes late, :).  “I could have come all by myself and still enjoyed it ..” Golfer observed afterward, :)  sorrrrrri …  one of the kids had iPod, .. at least [...]

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Mar 17 2008

Why did it take so long

In seeking greater profits, Beijing is losing its influence over state owned companies, such as CNPC that has invested heavily in Sudan, a sensible view by a Beijing correspondent.  I’m wondering, how many articles (with the same point of view) he’s written prior to this one that didn’t get published?  Or he suddenly came to realization of [...]

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Mar 17 2008

We played baseball

Published by The Kibbitzer under Celestial Empire, Sports

Baseball or softball isn’t a foreign sport, I played it in primary school in the middle 70s in Beijing, Zhongguancun Erxiao 中关村二小 as past of physical education, in our front yard.  The positions weren’t as clearly defined as in MLB.  Not sure Mao banned it.  I enjoyed it a lot.  To my dismay, once a class had [...]

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