China boost for British athletes
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British Olympic Association chief Craig Reedie has signed a &quot;memorandum of understanding&quot; with China&#39;s Olympic boss Yuan Weimin.
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SHANGHAI, China - Readying to host the 2008 Olympics, stretching beyond Asia to acquire coveted resources and icons of corporate might, China is steadily accelerating its ascent as a global economic power.
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LONDON, Aug 12 (IPS) - The British team arrived in Athens some days back   for the Olympics, like so many others. But only with the British  team has  the arrival been related to travelling to the moon.
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Teenagers in England will be able to study for a new national qualification in Mandarin, reflecting the growing importance of China as a global power, an exam board announced Thursday,
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday welcomed Chinese investment, saying he wanted Britain to be the top destination for money from the Asian giant.
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With the next Summer Games set for Beijing, China will have a chance to defend its women's volleyball gold medal without leaving home.
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Olympic and Paralympic medallists took part in the ticker tape event to celebrate Team GB&#39;s medal success in the games. David Davies, Wales&#39; 1500m swimming bronze medallist at the Olympics was joined by Paralympians
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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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Britain&#39;s Paralympians returned home to a warm welcome after arriving at Gatwick airport on Wednesday. Team GB finished second in the table, behind China, with 94 medals - 35 of which were gold.
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Chinese officials are treating the Games as proud confirmation of their country's emergence as a global force to be reckoned with.
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Crowds gather in London to cheer GB's Olympic and Paralympic stars.
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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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How did Athens rate for the British team?
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DAVE Collins, a professor at Edinburgh University, has been charged with the task of preparing Britainâs elite athletes for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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China will expand the trial of TD-SCDMA technology to include the Beijing Olympics.
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London is the most popular base for Chinese companies expanding into Europe, and has attracted 15 percent of all Chinese foreign direct investment into Europe since 2002, a new study shows.
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Â· Chinese most exposed to displacement for games Â· 1,000 Londoners may have to move, says report