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27th March 2006

Commonwealth Games finishes in Melbourne

The Commonwealthy Games has finally come to a close. Athletes are hoping to use the games as a stepping stone to the 2008 Games in Beijing in just 2 years time.

Some of these may not reach their competitive peak in time for the Beijing Olympics, and some may fall by the wayside, but history suggests that at least a few have been set on the path to greater glory.

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22nd March 2006

Samaranch says to keep opening ceremony short

Ex-president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch has suggested to Chinese organizers to keep the opening ceremony to under 2.5 hours.

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17th March 2006

Young Chinese set off on 800 day journey

Eight young Chinese have set off on an 800 day journey to promote the Beijing Olympic Games.

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15th March 2006

China to recruit 2000 extra police for games

China has announced that it will be recruiting an additional 2000 police to bolster security for the Beijing Games.

“Beijing suffers a serious deficiency in police back-up. The additional recruitment has official ratification and will help ensure security during the Olympics,” Qiang Wei, a deputy to China’s parliament, was quoted as saying.

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14th March 2006

2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai

It is not well known but China will be running a dress rehearsal for the Beijing Olympics in Shanghai during 2007.

Listen here to a report on the special Olympics with George Smith, the Senior Vice President of the Special Olympics.

2nd March 2006

Clamp down on spitting

For anyone who has every been to China they will know that spitting is as part of the culture as Peking duck.

In preparation for the Olympics, authorities in Beijing have announced that they plan to clamp down on the habit

“This year we will intensify our law enforcement efforts in this field,” Zhang Huiguang, director of Beijing’s Capital Ethics Development Office, told a news conference.

“We will require law enforcement officials to step up the frequency of fines.”

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1st March 2006

Beijing airport expands flight time

Beijing airport and other airports around China will be able to operate a further 2 hours until 2 A.M. to reduce air traffic congestion.

China’s state-owned airlines flew a record 138 million people and 3.04 million tons of cargo in 2005.

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China to set records in Beijing

If China was able to bag a record 11 medals in Turin, one wonders what they will be able to do in Beijing.

The winter Olympics have never been strong for China, they have few adequate ski facilities and have not invested that much in winter sports.

China is a perennial powerhouse in the Summer Games and the government, and business sponsors, have invested far more in athletes training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics than in their cold-weather counterparts.

“It’s impossible for China to devote itself fully to developing winter sports,” Xiao said, adding economic development, geographical and climate restrictions limited the popularity of skiing, skating and other winter sports to the middle class of China’s north.

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28th February 2006

From Beijing to Turin

As the 2006 winter games has drawn to a close, excite is starting to build for the next summer Olympics in Beijing 2008.

The Chicago Sports has an interesting description of the upcoming event:

“After the less than thrilling winter Olympics staged in a country familiar to millions of Americans, the Beijing games promise all the elements of an international thriller: mystery, money, controversy and pageantry. It will offer to the West a glimpse, through press and television, into a little-known country whose old civilization is colored by two very different philosophers, Confucius and Karl Marx. ”

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27th February 2006

China to challenge US in Beijing

China is putting all of its efforts into both organizing the best Olympic games and assembling the best team.

It’s successes in Turino are showing that the country is developing strongly in International meets.

China is directing seemingly limitless resources to organizing the best Games ever and to fielding the best Summer Olympics team ever. The country’s potential was seen in the 2004 Summer Games, where it won 31 gold medals (second only to the USA’s 35) and 62 overall, and again in Torino.

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