2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing China Blog

Khartoum s Questionable Partners in Beijing
Family Security Matters - in a stunt to smear China since her group, which as part of its international campaign has held similar events in Chad, Rwanda, Armenia, Germany and Bosnia, tried to light an Olympic-style torch (Beijing is hosting this year s Summer Olympics

Super Bowl Parties Go High-Def
LiveScience.com - Other events that HD buyers cited as reasons for getting a set were, in order, college bowl games, the World Series, the NBA finals, NCAA March Madness, and the summer Olympics, but the Super Bowl had them all beat, DuBravac said. Incidentally

Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Focuses on Green Summer Games
Environment News Service - CHICAGO, Illinois, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games makes the environment an integral part of its proposal. Mayor Richard Daley said, “Our plan involves the entire city, focuses on athletes and leaves a lasting

Kenya: Last Chance to Hit Olympics Mark (AllAfrica.com)
Kenyan boxers have another chance in Windhoek, Namibia, to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.

Beijing Races to Clear Its Skies Before the Olympics (NPR)
China’s capital faces an uphill fight to solve its notorious air pollution problem in time for August’s Olympic Games, and the government is preparing to ban traffic to keep skies blue. Meanwhile, athletes are bracing for at least some bad air.

China plans to halt rain for Olympics (Los Angeles Times)
‘Weather modification’ team will manipulate the clouds in summer to try to keep the open-air stadium dry. It is yet another attempt by man to triumph over nature.

China Unmoved by Activists’ Pressure Ahead of Olympics (The Christian Post)
China reiterated that it will not bow down to “any pressure from any individuals or groups” and said no one should politicize Beijing Olympics amid increasing calls from various …

OLYMPIC QUALIFIER REPLAYS: Dominant South Koreans crush Japan’s Olympic dreams (Asahi.com)
Powered by Peak Won Chul, South Korea downed Japan 28-25 Wednesday in an Asian qualifying replay at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Gymnasium as the away side earned a berth to the Beijing Olympics this summer.

China, air travel and the 2008 Beijing Olympics (MSNBC)
One of the biggest questions surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is whether China s fast-growing but seriously stretched aviation system will be up to the task of handling the 2 million visitors expected to pack the Chinese capital for the Games this summer.

Chinese Boast Of Control Over Weather At Beijing Olympics (New London Day)
Beijing It is yet another attempt by man to triumph over nature. Determined not to let anything spoil their party, organizers of the 2008 summer

Sports Radio s 850 The Buzz and 620 The Bull ESPN Radio Score
dBusinessNews.com - Other exclusive play-by-play rights for 850 The Buzz and 620 The Bull include: the Stanley Cup Finals, the 2008 Summer Olympics, The Kentucky Derby, The Indy 500, The Brickyard 400 and more. About WRBZ/WDNC: McClatchey Broadcasting is privately owned

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Gamasutra - If the TV marketing campaigns succeed, the campaigns will set precedents (or at least a boundary) for future game related ad campaigns, especially with the 2008 Olympics in Beijing on the horizon. Limiting Role-Playing Chengdu based Aurora Technology

Category: AIR
ZDNet Blogs - For Microsoft that means driving Silverlight plug-in adoption via content wins like the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics, and making Expression Studio more useful as a serious design suite. For Adobe, that means winning over developers with

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Worldnews.com - China to launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites in 2008 AOL BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third manned mission in 2008, flexing its muscle in space in a year in which it will host the summer Olympics . Huang Qiang,

China calls for a clean and green Games (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Beijing must make sure this summer’s Olympic Games are environmentally friendly and untainted by corruption, China’s top decision-making body, the Politburo, has said.

China - no room for refugees (Radio Netherlands)
Some 130 Pakistani Ahmadiyya Muslim refugees have found a safe haven in China. Until now, that is… with the summer Olympic Games due to descend on Beijing this year, the Chinese government wants rid of them.

SAN FRANCISCO / Applicants sought to carry Olympic flame (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco will be the only U.S. stop during the Olympic torch relay that precedes the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, and organizers are searching for people to help carry the flame when it comes to town in April. Applicants must be at least 14 years old,…

Beijing unveils ‘cool’ Watercube swimming venue for Summer Olympics (7 News Boston)
BEIJING — The “Watercube,” one of the two iconic venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was unveiled on Monday.

Beijing unveils ‘cool’ Watercube swimming venue for Summer Olympics (Charleston Daily Mail)
BEIJING (AP) — Organizers of the Beijing Olympics unveiled the “Watercube'’ swimming venue Monday, one of the more stunning structures built for the 2008 Games.

OLYMPIC QUALIFIER REPLAYS: Dominant South Koreans crush Japan’s Olympic dreams (Asahi.com)
Powered by Peak Won Chul, South Korea downed Japan 28-25 Wednesday in an Asian qualifying replay at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Gymnasium as the away side earned a berth to the Beijing Olympics this summer.

Baylor assistant to be Olympic 400 champion Wariner’s new coach (Charleston Daily Mail)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Baylor University assistant track coach Michael Ford said Wednesday he has agreed to coach defending Olympic 400 meters champion Jeremy Wariner as he prepares for the Beijing Games this summer.

Beijing 2008 Security, Media (GamesBids.com)
China Daily reports that the director of the FBI Robert Mueller said Wednesday that China s security preparations for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games were impressive and his agency was lending its expertise on fending off possible terrorist attacks.

Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Focuses on Green Summer Games (Environment News Service)
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games makes the environment an integral part of its proposal.

Beijing unveils “cool” Watercube swimming venue for Summer Olympics (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
The “Watercube,” one of the iconic venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is now in the hands of the Beijing organizing committee.

Prince Charles snubs China, to skip Olympics (rediff.com)
Britain’s Prince Charles has refused to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer, The Telegraph, London has reported.

Beijing unveils ‘cool’ Watercube swimming venue for Summer Olympics (Charleston Daily Mail)
BEIJING (AP) — Organizers unveiled the “Watercube'’ swimming venue Monday, one of the more stunning structures built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Known officially as the National Aquatics Center, the Watercube has been dubbed the “cool'’ building of the Games.

Beijing unveils ‘cool’ Watercube swimming venue for Summer Olympics (Charleston Daily Mail)
BEIJING (AP) — Organizers of the Beijing Olympics unveiled the “Watercube'’ swimming venue Monday, one of the more stunning structures built for the 2008 Games.

Funding announced for Canada Pavilion at Beijing Games (People’s Daily)
Ottawa announced on Monday a funding of 3 million Canadian dollars (2.9 million U.S. dollars) to establish the B.C.-Canada-Pavilion in Beijing to showcase Canada’s business, culture and tourism during the 2008 Summer Olympics. “The …

Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Focuses on Green Summer Games (Environment News Service)
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games makes the environment an integral part of its proposal.

China ‘will not submit to political pressure’ (SABC News)
China will never submit to taunting or political pressure from groups or governments wishing to use the Beijing Olympics to change Chinese policy, a leading state-run newspaper said today.

Prince Charles not to attend Beijing Olympics (New Kerala)
London, Jan.28 : Prince Charles has announced that he will not attend the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer.

Chinadaily.com.cn sharing the Olympic spirit (China Daily)
Visitors to the Beijing Games this summer will be reading a daily English newspaper run by China Daily for Olympics and Paralympics stories during their stay.

FBI boss says he is impressed with preparations for Olympic security (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
The head of the FBI said Wednesday that China’s security preparations for this summer’s Beijing Olympics were impressive and that his agency was lending its expertise on fending off possible terrorist attacks.

Funding announced for Canada Pavilion at Beijing Games (People’s Daily)
Ottawa announced on Monday a funding of 3 million Canadian dollars (2.9 million U.S. dollars) to establish the B.C.-Canada-Pavilion in Beijing to showcase Canada’s business, culture and tourism during the 2008 Summer Olympics. “The …

Internet Ad Spend Will See A Tiny Bump From Summer Olympics: Analyst (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Internet advertising will attract only $70 million in ad spend related to the summer Olympics, out of a total $1.5 billion in expected expenditures for the Beijing event, according to Lehman Brothers analyst Doug Anmuth’s Internet Inside Weekly report .

Missoula mountain biker has Olympic potential
Missoulian - Missoula mountain-biking phenom Sam Schultz is one step closer to the Olympics. Schultz, 22, was just named to USA Cycling’s “long team” for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. “I’m super-psyched about it,” Schultz said Friday from Tucson, where he is

Jason Weinland: Triathlon should take the lead on drug issues
The Shreveport Times - She will miss the 2008 Olympics, which are scheduled to take place in her own country. Why are we putting up with this? “It makes me sick,” says 25-year-old Linzie Hebert, the area’s top-ranked triathlete. “You get the feeling some of your competitors

Vancouver set for two-year countdown to 2010 Winter Olympics (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Vancouver’s Olympic organizers will mark the two-year countdown to the 2010 Games next month buoyed by having come a long way from the ridicule they endured at the Turin closing ceremony in 2006.

Prince Charles no show at Beijing Olympics (New Kerala)
London, Jan 28: Prince Charles has snubbed the Chinese government by refusing to attend the Olympic Games this summer.

Beijing unveils “cool” Watercube swimming venue for Summer Olympics (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
The “Watercube,” one of the iconic venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is now in the hands of the Beijing organizing committee.