Dress rehearsal for Olympic opening ceremony People’s Daily Online, China - 43 minutes ago The Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, athletics and football final will be staged at the National Stadium during the Beijing Olympic Games. …
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US says China has ‘nothing to fear’ from Internet Turkish Press, MI - 51 minutes ago Such action would “ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness,” …
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China to Limit Web Access During Olympic Games New York Times, United States - 39 minutes ago Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Games from every angle — the politics, the arts, the culture and the competition. Since the Olympic Village press …
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“One World One Dream”, this is the theme of the upcoming 2008 Beijing (China) Olympics which will be held on August 8-24, 2008. As of today, China and other countries seems to be Olympic-themed and focused when it comes to fashion. …
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The five mascots for the Beijing Olympics are cute and kitschy, as all previous Olympic mascots have been. But the Beijing mascots also are suffused with Chinese symbolism, with four animals (panda, swallow, fish, Tibetan Antelope) and …
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XinhuaChina's Olympic CopsWall Street Journal - Jul 27, 2008That is happening inside Olympic media centers, despite the promise of China's Olympic organizers that Internet access would be unfettered. …Eton schoolboy rides for China guardian.co.ukA Triple Play for the Olympics New York TimesOlympic paranoia clutches China Asia Times OnlineThe Age - Reutersall 394 news articles
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Official: Chinese gymnasts old enough for OlympicsXinhua, China - Jul 28, 2008BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) — A Chinese official said on Monday the Chinese Olympic gymnasts are old enough to compete in the Beijing Games. …China denies NYT story suggesting gymnasts underaged Canada.comChina denies underaged gymnasts Radio AustraliaTom Knott: An age of liars, cheaters in China Washington TimesChicago Tribune - ABC Newsall 174 news articles
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BBC NewsChina rights in focus as Games city haze liftsReuters South Africa, South Africa - 15 hours agoTeng Biao, a Beijing-based lawyer who has experienced detention, said China's Olympics run-up had brought some gains in media freedom and emboldened …Video: Pandas Chosen As Olympic Mascots CBSUnjust Chinese policies cannot be divorced from Olympics Irish TimesBeijing bars Australia's top Olympic official Bangkok PostCNET News - Irish Timesall 1,038 news articles
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China has failed to improve its human rights record in the run-up to next month’s Olympics, with the government intensifying its crackdown on activists in recent years, Amnesty International charged in a new report.
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China is using the Beijing Olympics as a pretext to pursue — and in some cases tighten — a crackdown on human rights, notably ridding the capital of “undesirables,” Amnesty International charged Monday.
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