The biggest characteristic of the Olympic Games in the 21st century is the “globalization of the main stadium of the Games.”
The wide availability of digital television broadcasts via satellites, the popularization of the Internet all over the world and the ubiquitous mobile phones are all play their part in bringing live coverage of the Olympics [...]
To control the air pollution and ensure smooth transportation during the forthcoming Olympic Games, Beijing, the host city, has taken numerous measures. One of them that caught my attention was that 30 percent of the cars owned by the central administration, city government, institutions affiliated to government, businesses and factories in Beijing were banned from [...]
The capital will get cooler weather in August and Olympic participants are unlikely to suffer from the humid, hazy conditions that have affected the Games host city in recent days, local meteorological authorities said on Monday. The Olympic Games will open on Aug. 8, one day after the first day of autumn on the Chinese [...]
China will remain open to foreign media after the Olympic Games, a senior official in charge of press and publishing industry said here on Wednesday. Liu Binjie, the General Administration of Press and Publication minister, said openness to the foreign media was a long-term policy rather than a makeshift “puff of wind.”
“China’s open door to [...]
PROTECTING the Earth is a serious issue - but it can also be fun as many youngsters discovered last weekend when they enjoyed an eco-friendly holiday. The 2008 Environmental Carnival, organized by Knowledge and Innovation Community and Roots and Shoots Shanghai, was held at Shanghai Jiangwan Stadium targeting young children and teenagers.
And for them the [...]
CHINA has axed Serbia’s Ratomir Dujkovic as Olympic football coach just three weeks before the start of the Beijing Games.
Dujkovic, who has been running the under-23 Olympic team since late 2006, has been moved into another job and replaced by Yin Tiesheng, Li Xuan, media officer of Chinese Olympic soccer team, said today.
“Dujkovic’s work has [...]
