2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing China Blog

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Edmonton Journal - several times to specify what consequences the Chinese government had in mind exactly but dismissed any negative impact on the two countries’ trading relationship. He also hoped that no links on the issue would be made with the 2008 Summer Olympics

Myanmar: It is Time to Play the Olympics Card.
Common Dreams - The United States must seriously threaten to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympics unless China (and Russia) put creditable pressure on the Generals to restore the role of the Buddhist monks in Myanmar society and release their leader Aung San Suu Kyi. We

NBC: 2008 Summer Olympics ‘Coming Out Party’ For HD
TVPredictions.com - Washington, D.C. (October 10, 2007) — David Neal, NBC’s executive producer for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, says the event will be a “signature moment” for High-Definition TV. NBC has the rights to broadcast all 17 days of the 2008 Summer

IOC members: ‘Chicago not lagging’ in race for 2016 Games
Chicago Tribune - Two International Olympic Committee members disputed U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth’s analysis of where Chicago stands in the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Both Ching-kuo Wu of Taiwan, president of the International Boxing

Ring, rings not same
Chicago Sun-Times - Everyone knows this boxing event is to see if we rubes are sophisticated enough to handle a major event, to see if we’re good enough to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics. So this was a bad start. And did I mention the Xerox machine? Or the fact that they

China’s ace hurdler Liu Xiang has a message to his rivals: Don’t chase
International Herald Tribune - I would like to take everything like right from the start,” Liu said. Sun said Liu had to return to his original mind-set and keep focussed to hold off strong rivals at next year’s Beijing Summer Olympics. Liu’s race is expected to be one of Games

Lexington teen swims to Olympic trials
News 14 - Her sights are set on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. “I have to manage my time really well,” admitted Baird. “I get up at 4:45 a.m., come to the [YMCA], I swim for about an hour and a half, then I go back to school.” This weekend, all her hard

The bully in China’s shop
Christian Science Monitor - And all this despite Hu’s call for China to achieve a “harmonious rise” as a global power and with hopes of being admired hosts of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The immediate focus of China’s ire is a plan by Taiwan’s president to hold a

Taiwan flexes military might
Reuters - Columns of soldiers marched in lock-step before gathered officials, including President Chen Shui-bian, who used the occasion to sound off against China hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics, as police kept small bands of protesters at bay. Launchers for

USA Boxing Names the 2008 Olympic Coaching Staff (East Side Boxing)
(CHICAGO, ILL.) A trio of outstanding coaches will lead the United States boxing team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China next summer.

Spurs looking to repeat - at last (Austin American-Statesman)
Four-time champs are getting older, but they’re still together. SAN ANTONIO Manu Ginobili spent the summer away from basketball, leaving it up to his compadres from Argentina to ensure that their national team qualified for the 2008 Olympics.

Bangkok 2010 Youth Olympic Games Bid Wants Business Support (GamesBids.com)
Bangkok 2010 wants support from business in its bid to host the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Athletics: ‘I love it so much I’ll keep running even if Olympic ban stays’ (Independent)
Christine Ohuruogu, surprised and delighted in equal measure to have been voted British Athlete of the Year at the weekend, has vowed that she will not contemplate retiring even if she does not receive clearance to run at next summer’s Beijing Olympics.

Olympic ticket sales crash system (CNN.com)
BEIJING, China (AP) — Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics were suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next summer’s games said Wednesday.

Athleticism, Politics Indomitable Parts Of Olympic (Scoop.co.nz)
The Olympic Games, dating from the time of the ancient Greeks, always have been a mixture of superior athletic achievement and a showcase for peace and harmony among nations. But critics say those noble goals have been submerged by an overemphasis on national pride and politics.

Dictatorships and the Olympics: 1936 and 2008 (World Tribune)
Lev Navrozov emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1972 He settled in New York City where he quickly learned that there was no market for his eloquent and powerful English language attacks on the Soviet Union. To this day, he writes without fear or favor or the conventions of polite society.

Chinadaily.com.cn sharing the Olympic spirit (China Daily)
ROME - Rome is considering bidding for the 2020 summer Olympic Games having aborted a plan to try to host the 2016 edition, city mayor Walter Veltroni said on Tuesday.

Chicago officials: improved subway, buses would help Olympic bid (The Pantagraph)
CHICAGO — The city s trains and buses are fine as is, but it d help Chicago s Olympic bid if they were better.

HK shares track global sell-off, but PetroChina up
Reuters UK - Mainland telecoms fell on talk that 3G licences may not be issued before the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. China Mobile (0941.HK: Quote , Profile , Research ) fell 2.5 percent to HK$144.20 and China Telecom (0728.HK: Quote , Profile , Research ) dropped

AST and NBC Announce Action Sports Expansion Into China (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEW YORK, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The AST (Action Sports Tour) announced today its first international expansion effort with the creation of an AST China event, a global skateboarding competition scheduled for Beijing in April 2008 . The AST is the recently launched, umbrella and global brand and organization of the AST Dew Tour. The AST Dew Tour, now in its third year, has five, …

Chinese sprinters look sure to miss men’s 100m at 08 Olympics (People’s Daily)
Liu Xiang might be the hot-favorite to retain the men’s 110 meters champion at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. But in the men’s 100m, it looks certain that no Chinese will be qualified to run there. Runners must run at least 10.21 s …

HK Hot Stocks: China Mobile leads telco plays down
Reuters UK - Mainland telecom shares underperform on talk that 3G licences may not be issued before the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. China Mobile (0941.HK: Quote , Profile , Research ) fell 3.5 percent to HK$142.80 and China Telecom (0728.HK: Quote , Profile ,

USA Boxing Names the 2008 Olympic Coaching Staff (East Side Boxing)
(CHICAGO, ILL.) A trio of outstanding coaches will lead the United States boxing team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China next summer.

S’pore among three Asian cities bidding to host Youth Olympic Games (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE: The list of nine cities bidding to stage the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 has been finalised. The nine cities are Athens, Bangkok, Debrecen, Guatemala City, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, Poznan, Singapore and Turin.

Pollution May Undermine Beijing 2008 Games IOC President (GamesBids.com)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, speaking at the opening of the 7th World Conference on Sport and the Environment Thursday, said Beijing was running out of time to tackle air pollution that could undermine the success of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

The 500-Meter Wheeze
Slate - Will air pollution affect the athletes at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? Michelle Tsai posted Oct. 25, 2007 Who Owns the Arctic? It depends on the shape of the ocean floor. Lee Hudson Teslik posted Oct. 24, 2007 Is Stephen Colbert Breaking the Law? How

Zach Railey qualifies for Beijing
Belleair Bee - Clearwater Beach sailor Zach Railey acknowledges victory just seconds after qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. CLEARWATER BEACH Members of the Clearwater Yacht Club on Clearwater Beach have five good reasons to be feeling