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Beijing Olympics to push up world oil price
If the price of oil wasn’t high enough already, the Beijing Olympics could push prices even higher according to analysts.
“In the lead-up to the Games you are going to see pretty heavy spending in infrastructure — building roads, residential property, hotels — and this is typically energy intensive,” said BNP Paribas analyst Harry […]
3G phone network to get started for Olympics
China’s 3G mobile network will be available in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. China Mobile and Korea’s Samsung is supplying Olympic organizers with 5,000 3G handsets, data cards and nearly 3 million yuan (about 428,600 U.S. dollars) of calling fees.
Users will be able to enjoy high speed data transmissions enabling them to […]
New Zealand reached a historic Free Trade Agreement today with China. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clark said at the signing ceremony at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People that the agreement was “just the beginning” and is more than just a “clearing of tariff barriers”.
New Zealand became the first western country to reach […]
In terms of number of subscribers, China mobile is the largest carrier in the world - they added another 68 million customers last year.
They are rolling out China’s home-grown 3G network for the Beijing Olympics - TD-SCDMA. It has been successfully rolled out now in eight provinces.
‚ÄúManagement expects TD trail launch at April 08, […]
Volkswagen unveils Olympic car fleet
Volkswagen have unveiled their cars to be used for the Beijing Olympic games torch relay. The cars include the Touran, Lingyu, Crafter, Sagitar, and Magotan.
The cars will be used the 25,000 mile Olympic torch relay. Around 1000 cars will be used to support the torch relay.
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Year looking good for Sohu.com
Chinese internet company Sohu.com is in for a big year as advertising and online gaming experience record growth in China.
Advertising spending is on the increase in China as the Beijing Olympics approaches.
“For fiscal 2007, Olympic partners, sponsors and suppliers increased advertising spending with Sohu by 74 percent year on year,” Sohu Co-President Belinda […]
Volkswagen unveils Olympic car
Official Olympic sponsors, Volkswagen have released their “Olympics car”. In the sponsorship deal Volkswagen will supply all of the cars needed for transport for the Olympics.
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