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Beijing Olympic 2008
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Links of
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China to auction Olympics
condoms
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When the Olympics hosted
by Beijing ended, a collector snapped up the
5,000 condoms left over from the 100,000
distributed free to athletes.
(BBC News)
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Beijing Olympic Apartments
Lose Luster as Property Market Cools - Bloomberg
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China to turn
Bird's Nest stadium into shopping complex -
Indopia
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Paralympics close, ending
China's Olympic party. ABC Australia
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How The Olympics
Didn't Change China - by
Christopher Thomas,
Forbes
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China delighted
with Olympics. BBC
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Flame is out, China aglow.
Sign on San Diego
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An Olympic
triumph for China
- By Kent Ewing (Asia Times)
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'The best Olympics
ever' -- now what?
By Mark Magnier
(LA Times)
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Olympics Close With China on Top, U.S. Wins, Rogge
Endorsement . Bloomberg
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Olympics: The gold medal for public relations goes to
China. Scotland on Sunday
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Future uncertain as China's Games come to an end. ABC
Australia
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Olympics: China insists gymnasts were old enough to
compete. Guardian
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Olympics as PR: Here's the new, modern China - "Chairman
Mao is out, the Bird's Nest is in" AP
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Criticism of China wanes during Games. Radio Netherlands
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No proof China
faked ages but probe continues: IOC. CBC
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6 Americans
Detained by China. New York Times
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Olympics: How
western news teams battled against China
interference. Guardian
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How will the Games
change China? The Australian
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Beijing Olympics:
China confused in the art of chanting .
Telegraph
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After the Games,
China must face reality. NewStatesMan.com
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China Wins
Propaganda Gold; NBC Medals in Self-Censorship.
New Yorker
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China's gold forged
from grassroots ambition. Guardian.co.uk
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On the Beijing
Beat: China's curtain-raiser in line to break
the billion barrier. The Independent
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Olympics buzz: Ugly
side of China. KansasCity.com
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Olympics put
China's most famous foreigner in spotlight. AFP
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Liu Xiang sent to
Olympic death by China's £1 billion
image-building exercise. Telegraph, UK
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China sentences 2
elderly women to labor for seeking to protest.
IHT USA
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Pressure on China
to shell out for Games broadcast rights. ABC
Australia
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Five Americans held
as China steps up scrutiny. Reuters UKs
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In China, all
Olympic medalists are striking gold. The Globe
and Mail, Canada
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China needs its
Screaming Lord Sutch. Times Online UK
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China jumps
Olympics air hurdle.
BBC
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China gets 77
protest applications, approves 0.
Toronto
Star
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Visitors to Great
Wall Give Beijing Olympics High Marks. VOA
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Cash, foreigners
help drive China's Olympic sporting machine.
AFP
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China seeks next
generation of Olympians.
ABC Australia
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China loses main
chance for track glory.
Reuters
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The medal count:
U.S., China creating 'parallel Olympics'
LA
Times
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China continues to
stifle protests during Olympics. IHT
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China’s iron
Olympic grip starts to slip.
Times Online
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NBC coverage gives
a narrow view of China.
USA Today
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Did China
Rediscover Its Soul? Adweek.com
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Can the United
States match China's gold rush?
Chicago
Sports
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China plays down
'secret' Aussie Olympic training program. AFP
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IOC criticizes
China for arresting British reporter covering
protest at Olympics. LA Times
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5 deported from
China after 'Free Tibet' stunt. AP
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Yao believes China
can beat Germans. RTE Sport
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China full of
spirit, empty seats. StarTribune.com
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Seeking Post-Game
Sponsors. WSJ
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Was Beijing 2008 a
Mistake? Spiegel
Online
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Watching the Games.
LA Times
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China: a nation run by
phonies. National Post. Canada
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Shipping costs could slow
China's boom. Star Tribune
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China defends Olympic show
miming. BBC
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Why China needs more Dog &
Ducks. BBC Blogs
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How China changed in
20-year build-up to Beijing Olympics.
Mercurynews.com
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Fake Fireworks, Lip-Syncher
Used in Olympic Opening Ceremony. Blooberg
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China's way of hiding
shame. Times Online
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China detains pro-Tibet
activists. Aljazeera.net
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'Star-chitecture' casts
light on new Beijing. Vancouver Sun
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Olympic protesters asked
to leave China. OneNewsNow.com
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Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in
opening ceremony. Telegraph, UK
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China admits using 'cheer
squads' at Olympics.
TimesOnLine
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A Ride Like No Other:
Glimpsing China, New and Old.
New York Times
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All eyes on China.
Canada.com
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Like it or not, China will
play host to political Games.
SMH.com.au
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China welcomes the world.
FT.com
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One World, One Dream:
China is in the Olympic Games to win.
Telegraph, UK
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What Will the Olympics Do
for China?
Business Week
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China told haze would be
hard to beat. The Australian
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Yao to carry China flag at
opening ceremony. ABC Australia
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Protestors Rally in Europe
on Eve of China Olympics. DW World, Germany
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Runners take Olympic torch
up China's Great Wall. CBC.ca,
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Bush sharpens China
critique on eve of Olympics. Guardian, UK
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Beijing quickly becoming
Spin City. CNN
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Athletes Apologize for
Masks. WSJ China Journal
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China breaks Olympic
promises on rights, media, pollution.
Kansascity.com
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Despite China's efforts,
Mother Nature has kept Beijing's skies thick
with smog. SanDiego.com
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China on alert after
deadly border attack. CNN
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So is Beijing bigger,
better? 'It's astonishing'. Canada.com
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Ticket scam hits
Olympics. LA Times
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Will
The Olympics Change China? VOA
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All eyes on China. The
Chronicle Herald
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By Jim Morris IM MORRIS
The Canadian Press
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China
Snooping on Olympic Hotel Guests, ABC Learns. ABC
Beijing Olympics: China
casts off a century of shame - By By
Richard Spencer in Beijing (Telegraph, UK)
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China's military deploys massive security operations.
CNN
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China accuses US of trying
to sabotage Olympics. Guardian, UK
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China’s censors block
Olympic media. Daily Times, Pakistan
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IOC members outraged at
China media 'muzzling'. ABC News Australia
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In China, bit of honest
haggling builds goodwill -
By Sally Macewen
Ajc.com USA
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Beijing assures athletes
their food will be safe. Toronto Star, Canada
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China announces emergency
Olympics smog plan. CNN, USA
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Beijing Considers New
Curbs As Pollution Threatens Games. WSJ
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IOC admits Internet
censorship deal with China. Guardian, UK
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Which websites has China
blocked? BBC
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China dismisses pollution
mask reports as hot air. Guardian UK
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Olympic paranoia clutches
China. Asia
Times
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China Weighs Tougher
Limits to Ease Smog.
WSJ
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China's sweltering
welcome. Dallas News
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Beijing covers up the
gray. CNN
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China's Emergency Plan for
Olympics Pollution
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China denies falsifying
age of gymnasts. Reuters
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Fun may be a
casualty of Beijing's effort for a perfect
Olympic Games. LA Times
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Rights Group
Protest China's Pre-Olympics Arrests. VOA
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China
Name Massive Squad. SportingLife.com
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China
cuts business visas for Olympics. FT
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China
creates Fortress Beijing. The Australian
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China
tight-lipped on foiled Olympic terror plot. ABC News
Australia
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China
Censors Delay Olympics Art Shows With Dalai Lama Image.
Bloomberg.com
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Don't ask Olympic
tourists age or wage, China warns. Guardian, UK
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Beijing Olympics
2008: China bars businessmen, but lepers okay.
Telegraph, UK
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China: Olympic
terror plot foiled. CNN, USA
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China Blogs to Read
During the Olympics. PC World
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China aiming for
minimum 32 golds. BBC
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Deadly bus bombings
leave China on edge. The Globe and Mail
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China’s Olympic
security measures reveal a regime under siege.
WSWS.org
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China denies report
of ban on Africans, Mongolians in bars
for Olympics. IHT
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Beijing busy welcoming the
world as it turns away its ethnic minorities.
The Globe and Mail
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China's Olympic Muddle.
The Christian Science Monitor
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China denies Olympic ban
on drug sales. Reuters
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China
Uses Games to Showcase Gains in Energy Efficiency.
WSJ
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China
says it will abide by its commitments to free reporting
during the Olympic Games. Philstar.com
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Chinese media reports say Yao Ming likely to
return to China basketball team this week. CNN
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Crowding China's
Red Carpet. WSJ
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Why China is
standing by its basket-case allies. Telegraph.UK
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Security checks
rile drivers in Beijing. Washington Post
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China downbeat but race
for most medals should be close.
Reuters
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China upbeat after full
Games dress rehearsal.
The Peninsula
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China
takes dog off the menu for Olympics. The Independent
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Culture’s Role at China Olympics. New York Times
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Authoritarian Games. China mounts a massive security
operation aimed at preventing political protests.
National Post
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Loudest man in China promotes Olympics. Daily Times
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China says foils
"terrorists" targeting Olympics. Reuters
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Taiwan nixes China move to
change Olympic name. AP
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China steps up security
ahead of Olympics. Radio Australia
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Olympics spur new China
guidebooks. USA Today
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'Crazy English' and other
oddities of China's Olympic fever. The Globe and
Mail
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With one month to go, IOC
says it's time for Beijing to deliver on
pollution, free press. CNN
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China's Olympic
trials. Seattle Times
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Algae invades China
Olympic venue. BBC
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China bans
polluting cars ahead of Olympics. ABC News
Australia
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Beijing Olympics: BBC to send 437 staff to China
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New doping case hits China's bid to keep clean.
Times Online
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China's guns are
out for Olympic rainclouds. Times Online
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Beijing Olympics
2008: Algae threatens China's sailing venue.
Telegraph UK
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Yao slept here. Los
Angeles Times
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China denies
politicising Games. BBC
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China's Hu says
Olympics preparations in "final dash". Reuter
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China Boosts
Olympic Security With Surface-to-Air Missile
Launchers. Fox News
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Beijing Olympics 2008:
China's government clamps
down on entertainment.
Telegraph.co.uk
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China shields Olympic flame
from ethnic unrest.
TheAge.com.au
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Study: China will top United States in
Beijing medals. IHT
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China
gives blessing to Olympic Bibles. Times Online
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Reports: Yao will
play for China in July. Sporting News
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Let athletes march,
air will be fine: China. ABC News
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China aims to make an
impressive splash. The Age Australia
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China bans fireworks
during Beijing Olympics as part of security
crackdown. CNN
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China's new celebrity
culture. Kansascity.com
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Adidas Chief Criticizes Anti-China Protestors
Spiegel
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Hurdler Liu raises eyebrows for skipping China's
parliament. 08-03-03
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Volleyball champions
China rediscover winning form. Guardian. UK
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China: Officials Attempt To Shut Fans Up. Goal.com
08-02-21
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China regrets Spielberg's Olympic pullout,
opposes link to politics. Yahoo News
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China's Commuter
Olympics. Business Week
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Olympic Committee
Allows China to Showcase Ancient Martial Art. VOA
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China plans to use
Olympic to spread Chinese language. The Times of India
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China Formula One boss jailed for embezzlement.
Reuters
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China Eyes Games
Glory through Haze. Moscow News
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The challenge to Beijingoism. Economist.com. Dec.26
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Olympic tickets on sale
illegally. BBC
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Report: China Issues
Broad Olympic Ban. AP Nov.9.
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China's best set to
meet for first time in NBA. Rocekts.com Nov.8.
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China dismisses
Olympics Bible ban as rumors. Xinhua Nov. 8.
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China Abandons Plan
to Sell Olympics Tickets Online Nov. 6
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China takes tough
line on Olympics protests Nov. 2, 2007
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Will Olympic torch light way
to changes in China? Toronto Star Oct. 21, 2007
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China has the inside shot
Oct. 21, 2007
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2008 Beijing Olympics tickets go on sale
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Yao Ming has no plan to
have babies
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Article Links Re:
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Blogs:
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Facts and Figures about the Olympic "Bird's Nest" |
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China
National Stadium (The "Bird's Nest") - will host the main track and
field competitions in Beijing, along with the opening and closing
ceremonies.
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The
construction of the "Bird's Nest": Between Dec. 2003 and April 2008
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Capacity:
80,000 permanent and 11,000 temporary
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Total Land
Surface: 258,000 square meters
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Opening
Ceremony: August 8 (Friday), 2008
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Closing
Ceremony: August 24 (Sunday), 2008
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Facts and Figures |
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20 billion yuan
has been spent on Olympics related preparation.
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3,000 state-run
athletics academics;
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400,000 number of
students enrolled in sport schools.
Source:
Article entitled Inside China's Gold Medal Machine.
TIME June 23, 2008 |
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