An Eye on China

Direct translation of the title of this amazing expat blog with great photography that explores life in China. Currently there is a series of vignettes about the life of several Beijing locals and how their lives have been affected by the Games. (The blog's posts earlier this year contain some of the most direct pictures I've seen of earthquake aftermath.) Tout en francais, and worth it for the photos even if you don't understand French.

BTV

Jet-lag induced early morning TV:

The Beijing TV station showing the weather forecasts at each Olympic venue.
Chinese gold medal triumphs replayed many times. (They don't care much about the other medals - the medal stadings on Chinese TV are all listed by gold and you would never know that the US has, at the moment, a ten medal lead over China.)
Moving stories of athlete's lives and interviews with their families from whom they've lived apart for years in many cases.
A feature on the design of Olympic broadcasters' clothes.
Security guards saying 'Welcome' in multiple languages.
A moving music video of Olympic tears, rage, and disappointments led by Liu Xiang's heartbreaking withdrawal from the hurdling event
Another moving music video about 'mama yundongyuan' - Olympic athletes who are also mothers performing their events and a few of the Chinese athletes with their children. (The age of each mother is shown.)

Since I've been back, the 'Beijing welcomes you' song is being played even more than the Happy New Year songs during Spring Festival - and on the airport shuttle, people were singing along.