China's military staged an anti-terror drill in an eastern city Saturday which may be a security preparations for Games.
During his visit to Beijing from Saturday to Thursday, Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, attended the Fifth World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture in Beijing. He also visited some of the key Beijing venues, which allowed him to see first hand the development of the Beijing Olympic Games project.
The finals of swimming as well as team and all-round gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be held in the morning, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Thursday.
Foreign reporters have been promised the same unfettered access they have enjoyed at other Olympics while covering the 2008 Games.
Yang Lan, a well-known TV host in China, was one of the image ambassadors of Beijing in its 2008 bid in January 2001. She has been involved in Olympic-related activities ever since. In an interview with China Daily reporter Xiao Ma, Yang shares her moments, both happy and sad, in helping the country achieve its Olympic dream.
At a park bordering the middle section of the East Second Ring Road in Beijing, some 200 children and adults were playing diabolo on Tuesday morning amid cheers from onlookers.
Special activities were held across Beijing earlier this week to mark the two-year countdown to the opening of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games, scheduled to take place from August 8 to 24, 2008, is progressing as planned, with the goals set for each stage achieved as scheduled.
Beijing Olympic organizers reiterated on Tuesday their commitment to offering media the same freedom they have enjoyed at previous Games.
The "Bird's nest" and the "Water Cube" are taking shape in the northern part of Beijing, the mascots and the theme slogan have been unveiled to the world.
Just before the two-year countdown to the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, spoke extensively about the Beijing Olympic Games to journalists from major media organizations in China.
The 2008 Olympic Games was given another Chinese cultural symbol yesterday. as the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) released the Games' pictograms.
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