Beijing 2008 Olympics
Olympic Venues Become Tourism Hotspots
The end of the games was just the beginning for many Olympic venues, which are set to become tourist hotspots. Travel agencies have already developed tours that feature the stadiums and other venues.
With the Paralympics around the corner, Guangzhou travel agencies are promoting tours to Beijing's Olympic venues. For less than two thousand yuan, tourists [...]
Beijing Olympic Updates: China's Latest Gold Winner
Beijing Olympic Updates -- China recaptured the women's 10m platform title at Beijing Olympic Games as 15 year-old diver Chen Ruolin claimed the gold in the National Aquatics Centre on Thursday.
The Beautiful Dive of Chen Ruolin
Chen Roulin produced one of the stellar displays of Beijing 2008 by not just by winning the Women's 10m Platform [...]
Olympic Updates: Days of Surprise Wins for Hosts
So what if Michael Phelps was not there Thursday. The Water Cube was still set on fire. And it was a blaze China will remember for a long time.
Liu Zige and Jiao Liuyang sent the spectators in a tizzy with China's first swimming gold (200m butterfly) at the 2008 Games and its first 1-2 finish [...]
Olympic Updates and Beijing Travel Trips Part 2
Beijing Olympics-Day 5 Review
The name Michael Fred Phelps was etched into Olympic record books today as the man with more gold medals to his name than any other person in sporting history. And the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games became a milestone for Chinese gymnastics when the women's national team won its first gold.
 Beijing Olympics-Day 6 [...]
Olympic Updates and Beijing Travel Trips
After the breath-taking opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games held in China's capital, Beijing, caught nearly 40 billion people's eyes worldwide. And the triumph is now going on and on with the efforts of the athletes from all over the world to play fair and win medals. And the success is the practice of [...]
2008 Visa Policy Changes in China for 'Safe Olympics'
BEIJING -- A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official on June 30th, Monday defended changes to the country's visa policy, saying they were aimed at ensuring security for the Olympic Games and in line with international practice.
Security of Beijing Olympic Games was vitally important for the entire international community, said Wei Wei, director of Foreign Ministry [...]
Flame ends Chongqing tour
(CHONGQING, June 16) -- Chinese boxing champion Li Bin reached the Great Hall of the People here at 10:30 a.m. on Monday with the Olympic flame and lit the cauldron to mark the end of the Torch Relay in Chongqing.
The 17-kilometer relay had begun at 8:10 a.m. with Go world champion Gu Li as the [...]
Partner Cities of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be held between the 8th and 24th August, 2008. There will be 28 major and 302 minor competitive events in which athletes from all over the world in 37 venues will participate. Among all the venues, 31 are in Beijing and the other six are in Hong Kong, Qingdao, [...]
Torch Relay's Taizhou leg finishes
(TAIZHOU, JIANGSU PROVINCE, May 26) -- Last torchbearer Zhou Peishun carried the Olympic flame at 11 a.m., local time, on Monday into the People's Square of Taizhou, where the torch was used to light the cauldron, marking the end of the relay leg.
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Zhou was among 104 torchbearers, who ranged in age from 17 to 78, [...]
The Olympic Emblem
The Olympic Emblem
Every emblem of the Olympics tells a story. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem "Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing" is filled with Beijing's hospitality and hopes, and carries the city's commitment to the world.
Milestone
"Dancing Beijing" is a milestone of the Olympics. It serves as a classic chapter of the Olympic epic inscribed by [...]
