Olympic Glory Blog

08.04.08

An Olympic lift to U.S.-China relations

May the Games help break down walls of fear.

08.04.08

Life, not just sport, requires an Olympic spirit

The struggles we face daily call for a heroic response.

07.24.08

Open China’s great firewall

The largest online community in the world suffers under a heavy hand.

07.18.08

China’s Olympic muddle

This coming-out party is already tarnished by a worsening human rights record.

7.10.08

China’s sneak preview on carbon emissions cuts

While the G-8 sets vague goals on global warming, Beijing clears its polluted skies – by fiat.

06.12.08

What Tiananmen crushed in me

As an American student in China, I saw idealism bloom – then get trampled.

06.11.08

Spotlight on China, darkness in Tibet

Tibet is shouting. But China isn't listening.

06.02.08

Outsourced athletes

A sprinter's artificial legs help pose questions about fairness – and personhood.

05.19.08

China’s other face

Premier Wen's compassion after the quake may represent a new type of leadership.

05.07.08

I was tortured in a Chinese prison. Now I’m marching for freedom.

When it comes to human rights, silence is not golden.

05.02.08

China’s ‘rational’ nationalism

Beijing lights a dangerous patriotic torch as the Olympic torch heads its way.

04.30.08

The only way to alter China’s hand in Darfur

Shame won't work. But enlisting its self-interest can.