Archive for August, 2008
Who actually won the Beijing Olympic Medal Race?
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008There is such an obsession with rankings. And being at the top in medals seems so important to so many. So much so that larger issues got overlooked during the Olympics.
And in spite of such obsession, nobody seems to get the medal ranking race straight. Who really won? Hard to tell, for unsuspecting reasons. Lets [...]
Eyes Wide Open? Olympics, Netizens and Web Governance
Friday, August 15th, 2008A week has elapsed since the opening of the Olympics. China (along a few other countries), is showing that they are also a world athletic power to reckon with. But I was also making the point in my previous blog entries that the Olympics (or the August lull…) should not give license to governance going [...]
Beijing Olympics and Governance: Eyes partially open?
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008The Russian invasion of Georgia, the leadership and human rights crises in Zimbabwe and Darfur, the coup in Mauritania, and even corruption in sports were some of the disparate problems touched in my last blog entry – challenges which did not get any better over the past few days while medals continue to accumulate in [...]
Beijing Olympics and Worldwide Governance: Eyes Wide Shut?
Monday, August 11th, 2008The majority of the world’s population watched the magnificent opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Many are sports fans, yet many wanted to witness China’s ‘coming out Party’, showcasing to all (in case some did not know) that China is a world power, and its people are capable of great things. One of the [...]