China Olympics

People's Daily OnlineTourist numbers fall in China's Olympic yearCatererSearch, UK - 22 hours agoA few weeks ago, China issued a "legal guide" for foreigners arriving in China for the Olympics that contained a list of dos and don'ts, including a ban on …China: Keeping a Plague Out of Beijing New York TimesBeijing Olympics Forest Park opens to public People’s Daily OnlineNorth China province upgrades standby airport for Olympics XinhuaAHNall 12 news articles

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Voice of AmericaThe Olympic EffectNewsweek - 4 hours agoAlmost as soon as Beijing won its bid to host the 2008 Summer Games, it was clear the Olympic phenomenon would be felt in China far beyond the realm of …Olympics triggering tragic Chinese crackdown: Congressman AFPUS lawmakers: Bush should skip Olympics The Associated PressChina Blocks US Legislators’ Meeting New York TimesWashington Times - The Times of Trenton - NJ.comall 166 news articles

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ABC NewsZheng's Wimbledon success boosts China's Olympic hopesguardian.co.uk, UK - Jun 29, 2008"All she's missing is an Olympic gold," read a headline in Titan Sport newspaper. "China's golden flower expected to bloom at the Olympics," added Beijing …Zheng’s hard work praised Peninsula On-lineTop seed Ivanovic bows out of Wimbledon Expressindia.comNo. 1 Ana Ivanovic upset at Wimbledon Los Angeles TimesIndependent - Reuters UKall 1,385 news articles

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Aljazeera.netChina attacks Dalai Lama as talks continueReuters India, India - 2 hours ago… image weeks before the Beijing Olympics, referring only to Foreign Ministry comments that China opposed any nation's leader meeting the Dalai Lama. …Tibet not an Olympic issue - China Melbourne Herald SunTibet not open to global debate, spokesman says China DailyTibetan exiles pressure China as talks begin AFPVoice of America - Wall Street Journalall 1,181 news articles

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Aljazeera.netTraditional Chinese medicine could be aTimes Online, UK - 17 hours agoWe want to make the Beijing Olympics fair, open and clean.” Last week China reinforced that message when Ouyang Kunpeng, its top men's backstroke swimmer, …Bush eases equipment export ban for China Olympics Reuters IndiaDeer Penis, the Chinese remedy to recover from injury SifyChinese competitors warned against using traditional medicines … Telegraph.co.ukToronto Star - Canton Repository (subscription)all 440 news articles

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BEIJING— Senior leaders exhorted local officials to deal more quickly with festering social tensions that might tarnish the upcoming Olympics as censors tried to snuff out all news about a weekend riot in southern China.

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A pair of visiting U.S. congressmen called on President George W. Bush to steer clear of next month’s Beijing Olympics unless China makes substantial improvements in its treatment of dissidents, including releasing prisoners of conscience.

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China denies politicizing Beijing Olympics amid flap over official’s Tibet, Dalai Lama remarks

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Beijing - The year of the Beijing Olympics could decide whether China’s economic boom is bound to last. Clouds are now forming over China’s economy, warned Stephen Green, chief economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai. …

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July 2 (Bloomberg) — The National Basketball Association, the most-watched sports league in China, is opening its first stores in Beijing and using the Olympics to boost popularity in its biggest overseas market.

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