The story of the Vancouver Olympics is not so much that, after a dismal start, Canada got it right. The real lessons are provided by the emergence of China as a winter games nation.
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China plans to increase its use of cloud seeding to relieve drought in key areas and lessen its impact on agricultural production, an official newspaper reported Thursday.
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As students head out for ports-of-call far and near during spring break, it’s a good time to look back at a group of globetrotting Yale graduate and professional students, who spent ten days in China earlier this year immersing themselves in the nation’s language and culture.
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If China had won as many medals per capita in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics as tiny Norway did, it would have walked home with 6,700 golds, silvers, and bronzes. And the U.S.—the top overall medal winner, with 37—would have earned 1,530. An absurdity, of course: There were only 258 medals to …
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China may lose one of its medals from the Sydney 2000 Olympics after embarrassing revelations about its women’s gymnastics team.
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China hailed its best ever Winter Olympics on Monday, crediting technology, foreign coaches and even improved language skills for the haul of five gold, two silver and four bronze medals in Vancouver.
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Golf participation in China is set to explode despite a development ban on new courses and the extortionate cost of green fees, according to the China Golf Association (CGA).
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BEIJING — China expressed regret at a decision by international gymnastics officials to recommend stripping an Olympics bronze medal won 10 years ago after the athlete was found to be only 14 at the time, saying there was insufficient evidence.
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&$ &$China’s Sun Linlin (L), Wang Meng (2nd L), Zhou Yang (front in R) and Zhang Hui celebrate after the women’s 3000m relay final of short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 24, 2010. China’s team won the title of the event with a world-record-breaking time 4:06.610. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)&$ &$ Following consecutive two-gold finish in both Salt Lake City …
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Clumsiness, bad luck and Apolo Anton Ohno scuppered South Korea’s bid for their usual short track domination at the Vancouver Olympics, allowing China to take their place and dream of a 2014 clean sweep.
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