China sets early pace at gymnastic Worlds
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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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Gymnastics The Chinese powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany, and now the questions are: Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing, and if so, how? Led by their champion, Yang Wei , China routed the competition for its third straight world gold medal - and eighth overall - scoring ...
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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China plans to carry out a record 4,500 doping tests during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an increase of 1,000 from the Athens Games.
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China is to launch 15 rockets, 17  satellites and its third manned mission in 2008, flexing its  muscle in space in a year in which it will host the summer  Olympics.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Hercules Liu Chunhong Thursday lifted three world records on her way to winning the women&#39;s 69kg gold medal at the Athens Olympics, the fourth of the power sport competition for China.
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China&#39;s Wang Xu captured gold in the 72-kilogram category, defeating Russian Gouzel Maniourova in the final Monday. Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan took the bronze.
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After two days of gloom, China was back on the winning rails on Thursday with Liu Chunhong winning a weightlifting title on her record-shattering binge and its shuttlers contributing two golds in the cliff-hanging finals.
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(InfoWorld) - The eyes of the world are looking towards Beijing for the Olympic Games that will be held here fewer than 11 months from now. But for real China watchers, an event next month will draw much greater attention and have a much greater impact on the country than 16 days of athletics. In mid-October, China's ruling Communist Party will meet for its regular five-year congress. Unlike the annual National People's Congress, the Communist Party Congress sets the nation's agenda for the next five years, and usually results in a shuffling of ministers and even military leaders. China's economy, despite major market reforms over the past 25-odd years, is still centrally planned, and operates on five-year plans with specific targets and goals that are approved during the meeting. Unlike the Olympics, for which most observers expect generallyÂ unfettered Internet accessÂ and the nation going out of its way to show that it's kinder and gentler, the party congress is a time of tension, especially in Beijing. Wikipedia's recent re-blocking in China is certainly no coincidence, and as the meeting approaches,Â more blockingsÂ and a network slowdown should be expected. A slew of new, anti-"vulgarity" policies have just come down from the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT), designed to keep sex and violence off the airwaves. Offline, visitors to Beijing can expect an increased police presence, possibly including roadblocks and inspections at night. China's government representatives work full-time and for the most part are specialists, not generalists. Policy pronouncements come from the respective ministries and state administrations charged with regulating those particular areas. For example, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) handles technology in general, meaning IT and telecommunications. Those regulatory announcements come out at other points, and therefore more specific news, likeÂ the issuance of 3G (third-generation) licenses, won't be issued during the congress. What role technology will play in China's next five years will be clearer one month from now. Although the party congress is very much a broad-strokes event, the prominent mention of various aspects of the economy sets the tone for the coming five years. During former President Jiang Zemin's reign, science and technology were at the forefront of the nation's direction. However, current leader Hu Jintao, has attempted to reduce the corruption so prevalent during Jiang's time, and has tried to make rural reform and closing the gap between rich and poor a priority. As such, agricultural technology, rather than IT, may receive more public attention during the congress.
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Like preparations for the Beijing Olympics four years from now, young Chinese Liu Xiang and Xing Huina are well ahead of schedule.
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China finished sixth in the synchronized swimming team event last week, which is not usually good news. But when your country is using an entire Olympics as a tuneup, sixth is perfectly acceptable.
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Paul Hamm of the United States sticks his landing in the high bar during the men&#39;s gymnastics individual apparatus finals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Monday, Aug. 23, 2004.
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ATHENS  - The Athens Paralympics weathered its first doping scandal, while juggernaut China continued to dominate the competition, racking up nearly twice as many as second-place Britain over the first four days of competition.
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ATHENS - Hu Jia, Olympic silver medallist in 2000, went one better to win the men&#39;s platform crown and bring China six of the eight diving titles.
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Australia are set to oppose a plan to introduce a revolutionary new starting block at this year's Beijing Olympics. The official timing suppliers have designed a new block with an angled foot hold at the back, similar to the types used in athletics.
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Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia gave China gold and silver Thursday night in the Olympic women&#39;s springboard diving event. China ran its diving medal total to seven.
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China plans to build reactors on a scale and pace comparable to the peak of the United States' nuclear energy push in the 1970's.