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Posted in Beijing Olympic Games on Aug 13th, 2008
Description: Three concepts have been adopted for the Beijing Olympic Games, namely, the Green Olympics, the High-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics.
Green Olympics - Environmental protection is a key prerequisite for designing and constructing the Olympic Games’ facilities, while strict ecological standards and systematic guarantee systems will be established. Environmentally friendly technologies and measures will [...]
Posted in Beijing Olympic Games on Aug 6th, 2008
If the Beijing Olympics were a book, what would it look like?
Given the tight secrecy surrounding the opening ceremonies and heavy security preparations in the capital, it might not be an open book. Given Beijing’s penchant for a lavish Olympic celebration, it would probably be over-the-top.
That seems to be the thinking behind the IOC’s official [...]
Posted in Beijing Olympic Games, China on Aug 6th, 2008
Do you want to read some lies (or not the exact truth) , go on;
Beijing Olympics: Terror bombing was ‘Muslim jihad’
By Malcolm Moore in Kashgar (telegraph.co.uk)
“We found papers on one of the suspects saying that their religious beliefs are more important than their lives, the prosperity of their families and even the well-being of their [...]
Posted in Beijing Olympic Games, Russia on Aug 1st, 2008
World number three Maria Sharapova on Thursday announced on her website that she has to pull out of the Beijing Olympics due to shoulder injury.
“After yesterday’s match I knew there was something seriously wrong with my shoulder,” said Sharapova, who walked over the ongoing Montreal Cup third round match against Japanese Ai Sugiyama.
“After taking a [...]
Posted in Beijing Olympic Games, China on Jul 9th, 2008
The Main Press Center (MPC) for the Beijing Olympics formally opened on Tuesday, July 8 and will follow a 24-hour operation schedule between July 25 and August 27 for media crews from around the world, Director of the MPC and IBC operation team, Sha Wanquan, told reporters Tuesday.
The International Broadcast Center (IBC), nearby the MPC, [...]
(BEIJING, July 4) — The Italian football team’s coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has chosen his 22-man squad for Beijing 2008. The squad includes Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi.
Lazio captain Tommaso Rocchi is the only over-age player in the squad. Rocchi is joined by Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo. Both players are returning to national duty after not being [...]
By Keriann Hopkins and Michael Gryboski
CNSNews.com Correspondents
July 03, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - For Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu, the politics of the Beijing Olympics are a “temporary issue,” and efforts to boycott the Olympics are “in this moment impossible.” But the eyes and ears of the world, Wu said, should still be focused on human rights [...]
Mayor of Jiayuguan Ma Guangming closes out the Jiayuguan leg of the Olympic Torch Relay after lighting the cauldron atop Jiayu Pass.
The Jiayuguan leg kicked off at 8:15 on Sunday as Yu Haiyan, director of a local iron&steel company, ran as the first torchbearer.
A total of 208 torchbearers participated in the 13.8 km-long relay.
Haoyuan, deputy [...]
Posted in China on Jun 7th, 2008
A media representative of the US Olympic Committee revealed recently in Washington that roughly 630 athletes representing America will be competing in various events in the Beijing Olympics.
According to Xinhua, the number of people from the American delegation may reach around 2,000, when coaches, officials, and assistants are also counted.
As the Olympics approach, the Americans [...]
