Beijingers learn how to cheer for the Olympics
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On the top floor of the Yansha Friendship Shopping Centre in Beijing, Huang Kuoshan and 49 of his colleagues are waiting to be sworn in to the Beijing Workers' Civilisation Cheerleading Squad.
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Chinese authorities say they have set up a special military unit to provide security for the Beijing Olympics.
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Residents have taken more pride in their nation's Games as Friday night's kickoff has neared.
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Friendship is one thing, competition quite another. That was apparent when reporters asked Juwan Howard and Liu Wei about playing against friends, Chris Webber and Yao Ming, in the China Games.
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China&#39;s Olympic gold medallists visited Hong Kong this week generating adoring crowds and conveying an unspoken but unmistakable message -- vote for pro-Beijing candidates in Hong Kong&#39;s legislative election on Sunday.
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Tibetan protesters and police briefly scuffled at the main Olympic stadium complex Sunday, just hours before organizers of the 2008 Beijing Games were to receive the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony.
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics - prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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A delegation of Olympic gold medalists from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to a lofty welcome. On a three-day visit, the 68-strong delegation includes 50 gold medal winners at the Athens Olympic Games.
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As a child, Lin Ju lay in bed at his parents&#39; home in the Fujian province of China and dreamt of representing his country in the Olympic Games. Yesterday at the Galatsi Hall, the venue for the table tennis competition, that dream came true almost exactly ...
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Up to 1.85 million tickets for the Beijing Olympics will go on sale to people in China next week, officials say.
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China's state media was basking in nationalist glory as it celebrated the best Chinese performance at the Olympic Games yet with four more gold medals.
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Members of the Chinese Paralympic team parade during the opening ceremony of the 12th Paralympic Games at the Athens Olympic stadium, Greece, September 17, 2004.
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Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to &#39;positive surprises&#39; for the host city. There are many measures by which to judge the success of an Olympic Games: records broken, medals won, dreams fulfilled or dashed.
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There are favorites and there are expectations, but to compete in the Olympics is to hazard the risk of being outfought, outscored, out-happied.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - Holders China displayed a spectacular array of skills to set the early pace in women's team qualifying at the world gymnastics championships on Saturday.
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Ordinary citizens were expected to turn out in heavy numbers and hand most of their support to opposition politicians branded as troublemakers or even &quot;traitors&quot; by Beijing, but
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Chinese officials on Wednesday praised the country's anti-doping infrastructure as world-class, but conceded wiping out grassroots substance abuse remained a challenge before next year's Beijing Olympics.