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18th July 2007

Book early for the Olympics

Not surprisingly travellers are being urged to book early for the 2008 Beijing Games.

“China has been growing in popularity over the past few years due to more tour operators featuring the destination and increased publicity from the Beijing Olympics, however many of our suppliers are finding it difficult to negotiate decent prices for hotel rooms for next year,” commented Brent Novak, of Flight Centre.

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22nd June 2007

Second set of coins to go on sale

A new set of gold and silver coins have gone on sale to commemorate the Beijing Olympics.

The coins can be bought from here:

www.chinamoney.com.cn

20th June 2007

China to build a road to Everest

In what sounds more like an April Fool’s joke, China has announced that it plans to build a highway to Mount Everest to help bearers of the Olympic torch.

The audacious — and controversial — plan, announced on Tuesday, is intended to “ease the path” of the bearers of the Olympic torch ahead of next year’s Beijing Olympics, the official news agency Xinhua reported. China, which wants the Olympics to be an unmatched extravaganza, had earlier announced that the torch relay will take in the 8,900-metre peak that’s called Mount Qomolangma in Tibetan.

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13th June 2007

Opening ceremony rehearsals to start in August

Rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics are set to kick off this August.

“Everything is going on smoothly and we surely will have a wonderful opening ceremony as well as a good closing ceremony,” Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing organizing committee, said Tuesday.

12th June 2007

Child labor claims

Several newspapers are claiming that Olympic merchandise is being made by child labor and workers being paid just 20 cents for a 15 hour day.

26th April 2007

Taiwan to be in torch relay

Olympic organizers say Taiwan will be included in the Olympic torch relay for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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28th March 2007

Beijing full of confidence at 500 day mark

Beijing is full of confidence at the 500 day mark to the Olympics in making the games successful and profitable.

“We are absolutely confident that the Beijing Olympics will make profits,” said Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee (BOCOG), during an interview with Xinhua on the eve of the 500-day countdown. Source

Some doubts have been expressed however, by foreign media over organizer’s lack of experience and not seeking foreign advisors who have experience staging an event like the Olympics.

14th March 2007

Shark fin not on the menu

Exotic menu options might have to be removed, if legislators in Beijing get their way.

“Serving shark fin to foreign guests during the Olympic Games could greatly hurt China’s national image, and officials should start to remove the dish from the dining table right now,” Xu Zhihong, a deputy to the National People’s Congress, told the state-run Xinhua news agency.

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18th February 2007

Australia starts vaccination program

The Australian Olympic team has started preparations to vaccinate its athletes in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

“This is simply a precautionary measure to ensure the athletes don’t fall ill before or during competition,” AOC president John Coates said in a statement released yesterday.

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14th February 2007

Two Koreas fail to agree on unified team

Unfortunately, North and South Korea have been unable to agree on how to field a unified team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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