Category Archives: Scorpions on a stick

Beijing Olympics flashback series: Foreign journalists and scorpions on sticks

- A year ago, we were counting down one month until the Beijing Olympics. A dire mood prevailed as people had trouble getting visas, the media pushed a “no-fun Games”…

Scorpions on a stick: The medalists

Thousands of journalists are leaving Beijing and they have served the world well by informing it about that local delicacy known as scorpions on a stick. But one wonders who…