| China and the Olympics
CFR
As the 2008 Olympic Games open in Beijing on China faces increased scrutiny on its role in the world. This is a selection of CFR.org content focusing on a range of issues in China including...
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| Congress, CPC sign MoU to enhance party-to-party ties
Times of India
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday praised the "organising genius" of the Chinese people, who have made stupendous efforts to hold the Olympic Games in Beijing. Gandhi made the...
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| Bush annoys Chinese with human rights speech
China News.Net
China has hit back at US President George Bush for his criticism of Chinese religious and human rights.
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| Haze hovers over Beijing day before opening ceremony
Reuters
Haze hovered over the Chinese capital on Thursday, just a day before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games that have been beset by worries about pollution.
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| China is ready - and the world is waiting
China News.Net
China has everything in place to stage an Olympic Games that will change the world's perception of the country, International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said on the eve of the opening ceremony.
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| IOC chief praises China
China News.Net
Beijing, (Xinhua) International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge Thursday lauded China for its extraordinary efforts to tackle pollution.
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| Bush arrives in Beijing after chiding China
The Globe And Mail
Beijing — U.S. President George W. Bush flew in for China's Olympics party on Thursday fresh from criticising its rights record — but attention finally swung to sport with soccer...
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| Ahmadinejad to attend SCO summit
China News.Net
... in Tajikistan, The Tehran Times reported Thursday.
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| Chinese president meets Sri Lankan counterpart
China News.Net
Beijing, (Xinhua) Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday met his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapakse, who is here to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
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| Fiscal surplus to support economic growth
China Daily
Official statistics show that the nation's fiscal surplus topped 1.1 trillion yuan ($161 billion) in the first half of this year, but more funds will be spent in the second half to support steady...
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| Sania, Paes-Bhupathi handed a tough draw
China News.Net
Eyeing a medal from the high-profile tennis event at the Beijing Olympics, India were handed a tough draw Thursday. The country's top women's star Sania Mirza and the men's doubles pair, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, may well make it past the first round, but will then need to come up with something special to make a podium finish in the discipline which gets underway Monday.
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| Bush arrives in Beijing
The Standard
08-07 21:30) US President George W Bush flew to the Chinese capital of Beijing on Thursday, becoming the first US president to attend Olympic Games on foreign soil. Bush arrived at night on the...
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| Hong Kong wary of
Express India
Hong Kong, Hong Kong police have asked budget hotel owners to alert them if they spot any suspicious-looking guests, the city's security chief said today, a day before the start of the...
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| China takes Olympic protesters away
CNN Asia
At least two women who protested their forced evictions ahead of the Beijing Olympics were taken from their homes by Chinese police Thursday, amid ramped up efforts by...
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| President of Azerbaijan left for China
ANS
Azerbaijani head of state is expected to view the performances of Azerbaijani sportsmen on President of Azerbaijan left for China today. President Ilham Aliyev will participate in Days...
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| Olympic torch paraded on Great Wall
China News.Net
The Olympic torch relay reached the Great Wall of China on the eve of Friday's lighting of the cauldron at the opening ceremony in Beijing's National Stadium.
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| Beijing reopens historic Qianmen shopping street
China Daily
Qianmen Street reopens to the public Thursday after almost a year's renovation....
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| Sonia, Rahul leave for Beijing
China News.Net
New Delhi, : Congress president and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi along with her son and the party's General Secretary Rahul Gandhi left for Beijing early this morning to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Olympics 2008 on Friday.
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| Durban to host 123rd session of IOC
China News.Net
Beijing, (Xinhua) Durban defeated Hong Kong for the right to host the 123rd session of the International Olympic Committee in 2011.
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| Yu Zaiqing of China elected IOC vice president
China News.Net
Beijing, (Xinhua) Yu Zaiqing of China was elected vice-president of the International Olympic Committee at the 120th IOC session here Thursday.
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| Tibetan exiles march against Chinese government ahead of Olympics
China News.Net
Dharamsala, : Exiled Tibetans marched in Dharamsala on Wednesday to protest the killing of fellow countrymen in Lhasa earlier this year.
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| Overcast but favourable weather for Olympics
China News.Net
Beijing, : A spokesman of the China Meteorological Administration has said that the weather at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony will mainly be overcast but favourable.
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| Beijing Games not a
People's Daily
Entering the exhibition hall of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, you can see a specially designed map of the world on display in which all the participating countries in the 1932 Olympic Games have...
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| Greening of the Games
IPS
Though human rights and environmental issues -- such as censorship and pollution in Beijing -- have been the two major focuses of criticism levelled against the...
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