http://www.thenewdominion.net/202/olympic-torch-relay-in-urumchi-tomorrow-may-have-few-spectators/ Your source for all things Xinjiang Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:21:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.thenewdominion.net/202/olympic-torch-relay-in-urumchi-tomorrow-may-have-few-spectators/#comment-1613 The New Dominion » Urumchi Olympic Torch Relay in Retrospect Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:38:14 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/?p=202#comment-1613 [...] couple of days ago, I wrote of my sincere hope that someone in Urumchi would actually be able to see the Olympic torch relay. Rumors abounded that [...] [...] couple of days ago, I wrote of my sincere hope that someone in Urumchi would actually be able to see the Olympic torch relay. Rumors abounded that [...]

]]> http://www.thenewdominion.net/202/olympic-torch-relay-in-urumchi-tomorrow-may-have-few-spectators/#comment-1604 SittingHere Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:11:15 +0000 http://www.thenewdominion.net/?p=202#comment-1604 So it came and went. I spent the first part of the night in a Wang Ba hoping to be in a good place in the morning to watch the torch go by, then the Wang Ba was closed at about 2 and there were so many police and army patroling the streets that I knew there was no chance of being near when the actual event went down. It was sad but I watched from a window of my hotel and got just a small glimpse. Even the other Chinese in the hotel couldn't go out. What an odd way to treat such a public event. So it came and went. I spent the first part of the night in a Wang Ba hoping to be in a good place in the morning to watch the torch go by, then the Wang Ba was closed at about 2 and there were so many police and army patroling the streets that I knew there was no chance of being near when the actual event went down. It was sad but I watched from a window of my hotel and got just a small glimpse. Even the other Chinese in the hotel couldn’t go out. What an odd way to treat such a public event.

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