Archive for September 28th, 2008

Chinese remote sensing scientists work for Olympics - Xinhua

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Chinese remote sensing scientists work for OlympicsXinhua, China - 20 hours ago27 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have worked for Beijing Olympic organizers through monitoring Olympic venues' landscape and surrounding environment to …DZULKIFLI ABDUL RAZAK: Milk scandal could have been avoided with New Straits TimesMartin Jacques: Magnificent Olympics earned China global respect China Internet Information Center|Chinese gymnast champion auctions Olympic gold for reconstruction … XinhuaXinhuaall 13 news articles

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Despite Warnings, China’s Regulators Failed to Stop Tainted Milk - New York Times

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

China DailyDespite Warnings, China’s Regulators Failed to Stop Tainted MilkNew York Times, United States - 11 hours agoBy JIM YARDLEY and DAVID BARBOZA SHIJIAZHUANG, China — Barely a month ago, China’s staging of the Beijing Olympics demonstrated how the Communist Party …China is missing the formula for honesty The Virginian-PilotThe Chinese will sour on a regime that can't deliver Globe and MailDespite Warnings, China’s Regulators Failed to Stop Milk Gainesville SunNewsweek - China Postall 2,052 news articles

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Wasting time looking for Chinese underage gymnasts - The Canadian Press

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Sydney Morning HeraldWasting time looking for Chinese underage gymnastsThe Canadian Press - 10 hours agoInternational gymnastic investigators won't rest until they finally know for sure whether China has been using underage gymnasts to win Olympic medals. …Gymnast blames slip of tongue for age discrepancy Tehran TimesSydney Olympic medallists dragged into gymnastics probe Sydney Morning HeraldWe think: World needs to know if Chinese gymnasts were eligible Orlando Sentinelall 26 news articles

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China after the Olympics; a great but hesitant power - Financial Times

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

China after the Olympics; a great but hesitant powerFinancial Times, UK - 7 hours agoBy Philip Stephens Each time I visit China I am struck by the hesitation. The world watches in awe and, if truth be told, with considerable apprehension, …

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GIANT LEAP - China’s pride: After Olympics, a walk in space - Hindustan Times ePaper

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

The AgeGIANT LEAP - China’s pride: After Olympics, a walk in spaceHindustan Times ePaper, India - 9 hours agoThe spacewalk was high on post-Olympics nationalism. Official media called it a ‘histor ical leap’ for China and an ‘upbeat’ note to a year of snowstorms …China space walk: Astronaut's 'small step' hailed as giant leap … Telegraph.co.ukBeijing, we have lift-off IndependentChina hails first space odyssey Irish IndependentABC News - Reutersall 3,431 news articles

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Post-Olympics China pursues further opening-up (China Daily)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

BEIJING — When thousands of overseas visitors headed home from Beijing after Olympics, most left with fond memories of the “exceptional Games”, friendly and open gestures of the host, but also doubts over whether the country goes further to open itself up like it did.

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China space program advances with first spacewalk (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Photos of a flag-waving astronaut floating in space were splashed across the front pages of state-run newspapers Sunday as China celebrated its first-ever space walk, a prelude to further exploration into areas previously dominated by Russia and the United States.

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ISU students spend summer working in China (Wabash Valley Journal of Business)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

While the focus of many Americans has been on Beijing, China, during the Summer Olympics, an Indiana… read more…

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“China does not need the Olympics to engage with the West or build bridges” (eyefortravel.com)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

“By hosting the 2008 Olympics, China grabbed the global limelight, for better and for worse.”

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China revokes 523 drug licences for illegalities during Olympics (People’s Daily)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

China’s food and drug watchdog said on Friday that 523 drug licences were revoked for illegally producing or selling stimulants during the Beijing Olympic Games. China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) began a nationwide campaign against illegal stimulants by the country’s drug makers and retailers before the Games to keep a clean Olympics. The administration and the State …

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