Daily Archives: August 9th, 2008

Transit Score: Subway 2, Taxis 0

Lila: Taxis here are a mess and the drivers are really aggressive. In a cab the other day, we almost got crunched between a semi-truck and a bus. There seems to be an unspoken hierarchy of the road, and pedestrians are way down at the bottom. I must say the Chinese are quite fond [...]

National Spirit Everywhere: Buses, Boxing, Bars

Hae: As a Korean, I couldn’t ask for a better way to start my Olympic experience: South Korea vs. Cameroon, men’s soccer, preliminary-round match. I took a festive bus ride from Beijing to Qin Huang Dao with about 600 other Koreans — 19 buses total — all of us wearing red or white T-shirts. The [...]

This Really Is The FORBIDDEN Blog

Tiffany: It has been a great experience blogging for everyone, but I think the website is blocked here in Beijing. I am able to get on the SportsFanLive homepage and the Olympics page. But when I click on the link to the Forbidden Blog, I see a blank page even though I have heard from [...]