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Beijing in Pictures

On assignment for Amnesty International, out former NBA player John Amaechi and out photographer Jeff Sheng report from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
An Advocate.com exclusive posted August 19, 2008
Beijing in Pictures

When former NBA star John Amaechi, who was raised in England, accepted assignments from Amnesty International (where he serves as a spokesperson) and the BBC (where he provides basketball commentary) to cover the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he knew exactly who he wanted as a travelling companion. His friend Jeff Sheng is ethnically Chinese, fluent in the language, and has spent more than a year living and traveling mainland China as a foreign exchange student and frequent visitor. Sheng is also something of a wunderkind. At 27 his arresting photographs have appeared in more than 20 exhibits across the country, including at Yale University and as part of "LA25," a select group of diverse artists showing October 8 to November 16 at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions in Hollywood. And he's a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

What resulted was a series of photographs, which we've excerpted here, as well as daily musings on life in China, the Olympic Games, and anything else that comes to mind. For a full account go to beijinglegacyblog.com.

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  • Name: Jacksprat
    Date posted: 2008-08-26 3:11 PM
    Hometown: America the GREAT!

    Comment:

    Dear Pal- It's freakin handball ok. A school yard game played during recess. Yippee you got a medal in it. Hooray for you. We are overjoyed with love and in awe of your country's obvious superiority and athletic prowess, In handball. You truly are the country to beat. Maybe next time they'll even show the handball competition on TV!! Gosh what progress that will be! See you in 2012 baby!


  • Name: Pål
    Date posted: 2008-08-23 3:40 PM
    Hometown: Oslo

    Comment:

    Gays are THE BEST performers in the Olympics!!!! Today we got three!!! Gold Medals. As Katja Nyberg and Gro Hammerseng of Norway slammed the russians in the female handball final and Matthew Mitcham of Australia shocked the chinese favorites with his world-record dive from 10 meters. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics there were 10 openly gay/lesbian athletes. (One man - Matthew Mitcham - and nine women) 64% of our athletes won a medal!!!!!!! Beat that China or America!


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