Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food to China
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The United States Olympic Committee will ship 25,000 pounds of lean protein to Beijing to avoid tainted food.
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I&#39;m leaving the Olympics and heading home, assuming the plane can lift me. This is a concern because I&#39;ve gained many kilometers of mass from eating Greek food, especially &quot;baklava
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China has seized two fruit shipments from the United States and warned it would apply greater scrutiny to U.S. cargoes, even as it tightens the screws on manufacturers of unsafe food at home.
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A U.S. delegation will begin formal negotiations with Chinese officials in Beijing this week on deals to improve food and drug safety following a series of health scares that have shaken confidence in Chinese-made goods.
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China has sharply increased inspections of imported U.S. food, escalating a dispute with Washington over product safety and leaving American beef piling up in warehouses and delaying shipments of black pepper and other goods
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BEIJING -- Red-faced organizers of the Beijing Olympics threatened Monday to cancel the contracts of companies using child labor and violating minimum-wage rules to make Olympic-licensed products.
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It will be the Beijing Olympics before US National Basketball Association stars have another chance to reclaim global supremacy after losing Friday to Greece at the World Basketball Championship.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Olympic athletes may be allowed to blog for the first time at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday that the recalls of tainted Chinese products were causing fear among U.S. consumers. He called on China to take bold moves to address that and other economic problems facing the two countries.
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Terrorism is the biggest threat to next year's Beijing Olympics, a state newspaper cited top Chinese security officials as saying on Tuesday, a concern echoed by the head of Interpol.
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South Korea's medal hopes at the 15th Asian Games may have been dealt a blow after Doha officials confiscated their national dish from team members at the athletes village.
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Beijing Olympics organizers vowed on Monday to come down hard on any cases of children being used to produce merchandise for the Games, after a report accused factories of "gross exploitation".
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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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Nick Scandone, a member of the United States Stailing Team, is anticipating the race of a lifetime in China at the end of the summer.
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For decades, the knock was that the sight of a passport turned their knees to jelly. The US men's gymnastics team was fine on its home floor, their rivals said, especially if the Russians weren't around or there was a Depression on. But put them on a plane and they couldn't find the Olympic medal stand with a ...
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The U.S. Olympic Committee is predicting that the United States will buck history in Turin in 2006, ending a string of poor Winter Games performances on foreign soil.
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics &#151; prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.