Beijing has promoted its 2008 Games as a nature-friendly festival of sport, but water for the expanses of greenery and sparkling waterways greeting visitors in August will be pumped from sources already battered by over-use and over-engineering, says Probe International, a Canada-based conservation group.
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Beijing’s water supply in state of crisis
Posted by Matt in June 27th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Water, beijing, Canada, Conservation Group, Games, Greenery, Greeting Visitors, Nature, Probe International, Sport, Water Crisis, Water Supply, Waterways
Making sense of modern China
Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Economic Growth, Excitement, Games, Hosts, Modern China, Neighbours, Olympics, Ring Roads, Sports Stadiums, Three Decades, Underground Stations, Unease
Winning and then staging what are sure to be spectacular and successful games will help justify the party’s continued rigid authority, and let it bask in most Chinese people’s excitement to be hosts.
But the games will also be seen as one of history’s most expensive, and well-orchestrated, coming-out parties.
After three decades of breakneck economic growth, [...]
Game: World In Conflict
Posted by Matt in June 11th, 2007 | no comment
Coming in September, Massive Entertainment’s ‘World in Conflict’ is set to re-write the history books with the 1989 invasion of the US by the Red Army, and the threat of nuclear war on the continental United States becoming a reality.
As the build up to the war continues, Sierra Entertainment has announced a pre-order plan, which [...]
Making History: The Calm And The Storm
Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2007 | no comment
MAKING HISTORY: The Calm and the Storm puts players in control of a global conflict, challenging them to define its outcome. It’s a different kind of WWII strategy game — here, you aren’t just after military success. To win, you have to achieve economic and diplomatic victory, too. Use all the resources at your disposal, [...]
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