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Internet censorship controversy sparks dissension in IOC
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
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Kevan Gosper, the press commission head, said he was startled to find out earlier this week that Web sites for Amnesty International or others dealing with Tibet, Tiananmen Square or the spiritual group Falun Gong would be blocked in the work rooms for...
Tags: Beijing, China, IOC, beijing olympic, olympic games, Jacques Rogge, olympic torch, games opens
Olympic torch relay in Luoyang
Zhengzhou :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Olympic Flame has made a spirited tour through Luoyang City in central China's most populous province of Henan. Nicknamed China's "city of peonies", Luoyang boasts the magnificent Longmen Buddhist Caves and the country's oldest Buddhist temple. The...
Tags: China, olympic torch, Zhang Ziyi, Luoyang City, Anyang City Committee, central china
Designer: Olympic emblem Chinese Seal best presents for Games
Zhengzhou :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Dancing Beijing was the best gift that the Chinese people presented to the Games. Zhang Wu, 45, a senior designer, was the torchbearer of the last leg in torch relay in Kaifeng City of central China's Henan Province. He lit the caldron after the flame...
Tags: Central China, Henan Province, beijing olympic, torch relay, Beijing, olympic torch, Chinese Calligraphers Association, Luoyang City, Luoyang Sports Gymnasium, Kaifeng City
Olympic torch relay kicks off in Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic torch relay has just started in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Central China's Henan Province. Henan is the fifth last leg of the torch relay before the flame reaches Beijing. The relay started from the Henan Art...
Tags: torch relay, olympic torch, Central China, Henan Province, Henan University, Henan Art Center, Zhengzhou International Conference Center, beijing olympic, Kaifeng University, Beijing
Asahi Shimbun International: EDITORIAL: Challenges facing China
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Share Article Bomb explosions on public buses Monday in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in southwestern China, killed two passengers. Chinese authorities have determined the blasts were "deliberate acts of sabotage," but that is about all they...
Tags: China, beijing olympic, Beijing, Henan Sports Bureau, olympic torch, olympic games, farmers torchbearer, agricultural provinces, major agricultural
Olympic torch relay begins tour Jinan
Jinan :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Olympic torch relay begins its tour in Jinan, capital city of east China's Shandong Province, at 8:10 a.m. local time on Wednesday. Gong Xiaobin, coach of Shandong Gold Basketball Club, carried the torch as the first runner. The torch will...
Tags: Jinan Qilu Software Park, Beijing News, Shandong Lions, olympic torch, Shandong Gold Basketball Club, Shandong Province, East China, torch relay, beijing olympic, diving team
Beijing seeking Paralympic torch bearers
Dalian :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Olympic torch bearers will not able to take part in the Paralympic torch relay, added the statement.
Tags: olympic torch, Anshan First High School, torch relay, beijing olympic, olympic games
Olympic podium protest possibilities persist 40 years on
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Forty years after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a civil rights gesture on the Olympic medal stand in Mexico City, protests on the podium could make a comeback in Beijing. China's support of the Sudan government and its role in the...
Tags: protests, olympic torch, olympics
Torch relay in Shenyang concludes
Changchun :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic torch relay continues its domestic tour. It has just wrapped up its latest leg in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province...His father, Liu Changchun, was the first Chinese athlete to participate...
Tags: northeast China, Northeast China, olympic games, torch relay, beijing olympic, olympic torch, Beijing, Shenyang, Liu Changchun
Olympic torch concludes Jilin tour
Jilin :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic torch today toured through the cities of Songyuan and Jilin, in northeast China's Jilin province. Songyuan's Olympic Square, before former Changchun official, Li Shu, began the relay. A total of 110 torchbearers passed...
Tags: olympic torch, Jilin Province, torch relay, Songyuan, northeast China, beijing olympic, Liaoning, Wang Chunli, winter swimming, olympic games
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