AFPCash, foreigners help drive China's Olympic sporting machineAFP - 1 hour agoA record 38 foreign coaches are involved with Chinese teams or athletes in Beijing, the deputy head of China's Olympic team, Cui Dalin, said on the weekend, …
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Boston GlobeChina's the boss, and it's not even closeESPN - 11 hours agoThis was always going to be China's Olympics to win, and there wasn't a lot the United States or anybody else could do about it. …A Furious Medal Count That Adds Up to Little New York TimesUS set for overall victory in medal tally The AgeOlympics: China's big push for gold medals is paying off Salt Lake TribuneBoston Globe - Toronto Starall 2,638 news articles
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Amid China's Olympic Push, Public Recreation LagsNPR - 1 hour agoby Louisa Lim Swimmers in Houhai are proud of China's Olympic gold medals, but say they wish more money could be invested in sports facilities for ordinary …Phelps lovefest won't last, but he saved Olympics MLive.comHow Phelps Made Swimming History TIMEWhat the people say about Stabroek NewsPalm Beach Postall 181 news articles
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Times OnlineOlympic poster boy plunges all China into griefThe Canberra Times, Australia - 7 hours agoBY MARY-ANNE TOY AND LEN JOHNSON China's golden Olympic Games suffered their blackest day yesterday after the unthinkable happened: China's Olympic poster …Video: Olympics '08: Liu Xiang Pulls Out AssociatedPressDashing Dreams: China's Olympic Track Star Liu Xiang Disappoints ABC NewsChina's Track Superstar Drops Out TIMEguardian.co.uk - Los Angeles Timesall 1,324 news articles
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When The Economist marked the opening of the Beijing Olympics by putting Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on the cover, we took it as a big hint to waste no time naming the Solzhenitsyn of China already. Of…
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BEIJING, Aug. 18 (UPI) — China spent more than $42 billion to stage the Beijing Olympics but senior officials are confident the country will not go into a post-Games recession.
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The English media are getting giddy over Great Britain’s medal tally with some dubbing the 2008 Beijing Olympics the “Great Haul of China”. Great Britain are a distant third in the medal tally, behind China and the US, with 12 gold medals. China and the US have 39 and 22 gold medals respectively.
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China suffered a huge setback Monday to its hopes of winning gold on the track when superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles, taking the gloss off the hosts’ best Olympics ever.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) — China stretched its lead in total gold medals in Beijing on a day Liu Xiang , its most popular track athlete, withdrew from the Olympics because of an injury.
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