The BBC has a rather sarcastic but informative comparison of the London and Beijing project management styles:

With two years to go until the Beijing Olympics the Chinese government says its preparations are on schedule and on budget.

So as London prepares to hold the Olympics in 2012 what can it learn from the Beijing experience?

Not surprising that the Brit’s recommendation is to remove worker’s rights and squash dissent in order to compete. I’m not saying I disagree with his characterization of what makes the Chinese method less prone to risk, but I wonder if that was the position he started with and thus the story is an affirmation of extant cultural beliefs (e.g. stereotypes) rather than an investigation…