China Olympics

Olympic champion Wang paces China to Women's Wrestling World Cup …Xinhua, ChinaTAIYUAN, North China, March 22 (Xinhua) — Olympic champion Wang Jiao powered Chinese women wrestlers to an overwhelming team victory in the World Cup final here on Sunday. The 21-year-old Wang, winner in 72kg freestyle event at Beijing Olympics, …Feature: Wrestling Queen, Olympic champion Wang Jiao eyes London Games Xinhuaall 5 news articles

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China’s Intentions in the DPRK: South Korea PerspectivesJapan Focus, NY3 In the two decades since it decided to ignore Pyongyang’s call for a boycott of the Seoul Olympics, China has single handedly disproven the previously widely held no¬tion that relations with the two Koreas are a zero-sum game. …

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ESPNPhelps is riding out the turbulent watersSan Diego Union Tribune, CA“It seems like whenever I'm out of the water, that's when something happens,” said Phelps, who also pleaded guilty to a DUI at 19 after the 2004 Olympics. “Swimming has been such a large part of my life growing up, I've always been in this same routine …Phelps looking forward to London 2012 China Internet Information Center|all 117 news articles

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BBC News"Olympic Pandas" come back home in Sichuan from BeijingXinhua, ChinaTheir visit to Beijing, which was planned before the quake, added cheer to the Olympics in August. During their stay in the Beijing Zoo, the pandas, aged between one and two, attracted 2.1 million visitors from China and abroad. …China prepares to send pandas to new Sichuan home The Associated Press'Olympic pandas' take final bow China DailyOlympic pandas head back to Sichuan home CCTVCCTVall 78 news articles

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Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics was one of the first to point out the necessity of protecting sports from the perils threatening it as an institution. And one of those dangers we face today are the use of …

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“Since 2000, it has won silver medals in the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup and a bronze in the Olympics before capping it all off last summer by going unbeaten in Beijing to capture its first Olympic gold medal in baseball. …

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt took control of his life after he was diagnosed with polio in 1921; he became a four-time Special Olympic medalist while bowling from his wheelchair. The 1936 Berlin Special Olympics was President Roosevelt’s …

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China prepares to send pandas to new Sichuan home Monterey County Herald, CA Their visit to the capital, which was planned before the quake, was meant to add cheer to the Olympics in August. The pandas have been closely watched because …

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You see, the Olympics are supposed to be China’s coming out party as a cultural world power. Celebrities like big events. And celebrities like making bold but ultimately meaningless gestures, especially if it’s about global warming or …

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Fruit juice has never been this controversial. Juicy theories about nationalism, protectionism and conspiracy have spilled forth as China - for the first time - used its anti- trust law to quash Coca -Cola’s bid to swallow Chinese fruit juice maker Huiyuan.

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