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2nd June 2006

Duke of of Edinburgh calls opening ceremonies a waste of time

The Duke of of Edinburgh has called the opening and closing cermonies of Olympic Games “bloody nuisances”.

I doubt that few people in China will be listening to him. China will be using the ceremonies to show the world how much the country has developed.

31st May 2006

800 days to go

Today marks the 800 day to go mark until the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The number 8 in Chinese culture is considered to be very lucky. The Olympic Games will actually start on the 8th of August at 8 pm.

30th May 2006

China to ban smoking for Olympics

China is preparing to ban smoking at the Beijing Olympics. In a country where smoking is prolific this is no easy task.

“Considering the country`s smoking population of 350 million, Zhang warned that China faces many obstacles in meeting its goal.”

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29th May 2006

Quincy Jones to compose Olympic theme

Quincy Jones is offering his hand to compose a theme for the Beijing Olympics. He said in a press conference that he has a love of Chinese culture.

“To work on a theme for the Games is an honor and a sense of success, he told Chinese and foreign media.”

He will be joining a competition of music lovers and composers to create the theme music for the Olympics. The final song will be selected in 2008.

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25th May 2006

Beijing to build 110 new hotels

Beijing is building an additional 110 hotels in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.

They currently have 658 hotels.

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24th May 2006

Australia plans record sized team

Australia is preparing a record sized team for the Beijing Olympics.

The team is to have 496 athletes.

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3rd May 2006

Hill & Knowlton appointed as communication consultants for games

Hill & Knowlton have been appointed as communication consultants for the 2008 Beijing Games.

�Hill & Knowlton will partner with us to help provide world-class services to the media and communicate the vision of the Beijing Olympic Games,� said Mr. JIANG Xiaoyu, BOCOG executive vice president. �Their expertise and capabilities will complement the resources we already have.�

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2nd May 2006

Stadium taking shape

The Xinhua is reporting that the Beijing stadium is starting to take shape and form the planned “nest” form.

1st May 2006

Program finalized

The Beijing Games program has been finalized. Details are as follows:

- Sports: 28
- Events: 302
- Includes new BMX events

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18th April 2006

Spielberg to help direct opening and closing ceremonies

Steven Spielberg will be working with Chinese director Zhang Yimou to design the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Zhang is famous for his movies “Hero” and “House of Flying Daggers”.

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