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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
Truth is, though, that only a privileged few have their hands on these much-coveted items and for the rest of us, the Beijing Olympics will be experienced "second-hand", courtesy of television, radio and newspapers. If that is how you feel on this...
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News Source: GMA News
| about 1 year ago
President Bush says the new $434 million U.S. embassy in Beijing reflects deepening ties between the two trading partners and sometimes political rivals. He says the embassy represents a "solid foundation underpinning" relations between the two...
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News Source: Jang.com.pk
| about 1 year ago
China, where gambling is mostly illegal, is giving punters the chance to scoop 730,000 dollars in special Olympic lotteries by correctly guessing answers like who will win the country�s first Games gold. Ticket holders will have a chance to win...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
HOW DO YOU ASK "Where's the men's water polo event" in Chinese? That one might not be in the "Essential Mandarin Chinese Phrase Book" you picked up at the airport...In addition to seeing world-class athletes, first-time visitors are inevitably in for...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
The Chinese Olympic delegation has never set an objective towards how many medals they should win at the Beijing Olympic Games, said Cui Dalin, deputy chef de mission on a press conference here on Thursday. "We have never set a medal target," said...
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News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
It contains a main restaurant that can feed 5,000 people, its own fire station, cafes, a barber shop, post office, library, shops and a clinic. This traditional garden is the center of the Olympic Village, sitting around the flag-rising square...The...
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News Source: The New Nation
| about 1 year ago
Internet Sports Reporter The gala Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be held today in Beijing, the capital city of China. Bangladesh Television will telecast the programme from 6.00 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time)...A total of 202...
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News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
Only a day before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and prices for hotel room in the capital are dropping instead of going up. Contrary to great expectations the Olympic Games would boost accommodation prices, Beijing suffered a large...
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News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
Photo taken on Aug. 7, 2008 shows crowds of visitors on the newly-renovated Qianmen Street, in central Beijing, China, Aug. 7, 2008. After a massive refurbishment lasting over one year, the 840-meter-long historic Qianmen Street was opened to...
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News Source: The Economist
| about 1 year ago
Olympic torch into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, starting the final leg of a relay that had begun in Greece on March 24th. On the eighth day of the eighth month, 2008 (supposedly, an auspicious date), the national teams enter the Olympic stadium (...