Olympics: China gearing up for Beijing 2008
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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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The Metropolitan Opera hopes to tour China for the first time, negotiating to perform Tan Dun's "The First Emperor" there with tenor Placido Domingo to coincide with the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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A year before Beijing hosts the Summer Games, the country is feverishly preparing for its chance to show it is ready to take its place among the Great Powers  -  on its own terms
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Beijing. (Interfax-China) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has arrived in China to begin cooperation with the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), signaling the
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials began on October 27 their annual coordination meeting with organizers of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
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On Aug. 8, when the Beijing Olympics begin in promised splendor, a few may reflect on how far or how fast China has come to host this high mark of international prestige.
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InfoWorld - Chinese sport fans have embraced an online lottery for tickets to the&#160;2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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China's 40-billion-dollar welcome mat is almost in place as Beijing prepares to woo the world -- barring unwelcome guests -- to the Olympic Games in August.
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THE OLYMPIC Games have their anthem, their rings, their heroes, and their sponsors. Now, with the Beijing 2008 games, they have their prisoners. The Chinese government is not just building fine stadiums, it is also arresting those who dare to condemn human rights violations in China. The political police are getting ready for the Olympics in their own way, bringing ...
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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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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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While Beijingâs success in winning the rights to host 2008 Olympics has gained considerable media attention, it also has added impetus to a slew of other developments in the Chinese
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A cold snap brought snow to the Chinese capital this week, but the freezing temperatures did nothing to slow the frenzied preparations for the Beijing Olympics as the 200-day countdown approached.
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While Chinese athletics were striving for gold at the Athens Olympics, Chinese companies and international firms are competing for the business chances offered by the Games.
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China is promising the toughest Olympic drug testing regime yet when Beijing hosts the 2008 Games. An Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) delegation including John Coates, Grant
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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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InfoWorld - The 2008 Summer Olympics is going to be China&#39;s coming out party, a chance for the country to show its modern face to the world.