Countdown to Beijing
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Starting from this morning, the day after the closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics, the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics begins.
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Today, London Waterloo; next year, Paris and Brussels
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An espionage appears to expose Beijing's wish list. It will have to play catch up to match U.S. technology but it may have a different kind of goal
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BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - On a wintery lunchbreak before Lunar New Year, Beijingers in puffy jackets lean over glass cases of gleaming rat figurines and Olympics trinkets at the city's largest gold store.
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While celebrating unprecedented success at the Athens Olympics, China has its sights firmly set on the Beijing Games in four years when they hope to present the country&#39;s new face to the world.
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The Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened in Beijing Thursday. During the four-day plenum, the CPC central committee will hear a work report of the
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The lights at Athens&#39; Olympic stadium turn red to signify the handover of the Paralympic Games to the host city, Beijing. Photo: AFP.
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Despite the horror stories about heat, humidity, and pollution, the whole world still wants to go to Beijing for the Olympics. With the Games more than seven months off, tickets are difficult to find. There's so much demand that the organizers, who had planned to sell three-quarters of their supply to Chinese residents, will offer half to foreigners.
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BEIJING - No spitting and get in line. That's the message Beijing city officials are trying to get across 18 months before the Olympics open in China's capital. "Everyone will be fined for spitting," read the headline in Thursday's Beijing Daily Messenger.
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The Athens Olympic Games debriefing has opened in Beijing, with future Olympic hosts and five bidding cities for the 2012 Games participating.
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Although the Beijing Olympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in
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Hong Kong is set for a weekend of events marking 10 years since its handover from the UK to China.
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Action movie star Jackie Chan has recorded a song to mark the countdown to next year's Beijing Olympics.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the 2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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It's political pageantry time in China's capital once again. The annual meeting of China's National People's Congress opened on Mar. 5 in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People on the west side of Tiananmen Square.
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The New England Patriots  and Seattle Seahawks will play a pre-season China Bowl game in  Beijing next year to begin the countdown to the 2008 Olympic  Games.
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts