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I wrote a nice long blog about my first Olympic event but when I tried to upload it, it disappeared so all your going to get from me here is the photos. Congrats to Nadal for the gold!On another note my heart goes out to Liu Xiang for pulling out of the Olympics. I don’t think any single athlete in the world had as much pressure as he did. I can only imagine the dialogue going on inside his head for the past few weeks. I hope he gets through this all right.Elena from Russia took the gold.Russia also took silver and bronze.A victory lap for Russia.World #1 and now Olympic Gold medalist Nadal smashes in a serve for Spain.Gonzales from Chile put a good fight with some monster serves.But he couldn’t fend off the power of Nadal and was beaten in three straight sets.
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The picture above is why I never liked wrestling. I did it for a summer as a kid and didn’t like having a sweaty guy in tights rubbing all over me. At least this never happened to me. I think his family jewels are sitting on top of the other guy’s forehead. Nasty!Anyway, after six weeks of relentless work in Taipei, I’ve finally made it out alive and to Beijing to catch a bit of the Olympics and give my support. The city looks great. Better than I’ve ever seen it before and I’ve been coming here since 1978. I am really surprised that the pollution problem was actually solved. It’s so much better than when I’ve been here in the past. Too bad in less than two weeks, the factories will be cranking up and the construction will resume, bringing all that pollution back.More from here in later blogs.
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Shen Jingdong art is totally pop culture. Taking Cultural Revolution folks, and doing some kind of Herge meets glossy fiberglass treatment to them, his works are catchy and easy to like. I saw his works at the 798 Art Zone in Beijing. But if you're in NY, you can see an exhibition of his works here:
ChinaSquare / New York
545 W. 25th Street
Chelsea Arts Tower 8th fl.
New York NY 10001
All of the 798...