Sights recommendations for Beijing
Beijing is the nation's political, economic, cultural and educational center as well as China's most important center for international trade. more>>
Olympic households brace for foreign visitors
Han Ruibing and her husband have been horning cooking skills for months, not for running a restaurant, but to entertain foreign visitors as part of an Olympic homestay program.
- "Beijing Olympics & Chinese Fashion" begins in Beijing (Aug 04, 08:03 GMT)
- Olympic organizers confident of worry-free Games (Aug 04, 07:15 GMT)
Latest News
- Olympic households brace for foreign visitors (Aug 04, 09:49 GMT)
- "Beijing Olympics & Chinese Fashion" begins in Beijing
(Aug 04, 08:03 GMT) - Olympic organizers confident of worry-free Games (Aug 04, 07:15 GMT)
- Official: Work for Beijing Olympic competitions ready (Aug 01, 07:17 GMT)
- "One World, One Dream" aspiration to realize in Beijing (Jul 30, 04:49 GMT)
- TVB stars to cover Olympic news (Jul 30, 02:35 GMT)
- Jackie Chan fulfills concept of "Green Olympics" (Jul 25, 08:55 GMT)
- Beijing ready and calm at 10-day countdown (Jul 30, 03:05 GMT)
- Chinese culture reflected at Olympic Village (Jul 28, 07:27 GMT)
- Hosts China announce biggest-ever Olympic team of 639 athletes (Jul 25, 03:57 GMT)
- Beijing opens Olympic weather hotline (Jul 24, 06:37 GMT)
- Fire safety stepped up in Tiananmen Square for Olympics (Jul 24, 06:19 GMT)
Transportation and hotels
- Beijing to operate 28 bus routes for Olympics opening ceremony (Jul 25, 05:42 GMT)
- First day of traffic control
(Jul 21, 04:45 GMT) - Traffic control takes effect in Beijing (Jul 21, 02:36 GMT)
- 10 new Olympic bus routes open for traffic in Beijing (Jul 20, 10:07 GMT)
- Working hours changed for better, cleaner traffic (Jul 14, 03:16 GMT)
- Hotels cut rates for max bookings ahead of Olympics (Jul 22, 00:13 GMT)
Volunteers
- Feature: Passing torch, passing volunteerism (Jul 31, 08:15 GMT)
- Feature: "Grandpa Donald", tutor of Olympic volunteers (Jul 28, 08:36 GMT)
- Olympic volunteers get moving as roller skate guides serve co-host city (Jul 27, 14:01 GMT)
- Olympic volunteers (Jul 23, 09:56 GMT)
- Olympic volunteers start to work (Jul 23, 09:20 GMT)
- Volunteers get fine-tooth training for Games (Jul 23, 02:30 GMT)
- Thousands of volunteers in Beijing ready to help before Olympics (Jul 11, 12:30 GMT)
Photo Reports
- Fireworks rehearsal for the Opening Ceremony (Aug 03, 08:49 GMT)
- Training for Olympic glory (Aug 01, 02:39 GMT)
- National Aquatics Center decorated well (Aug 01, 02:29 GMT)
- National Stadium and National Aquatics Center after rain (Jul 31, 00:27 GMT)
- "Olympic" pandas attract 1 mln visitors (Jul 30, 03:59 GMT)
- Olympics in the air (Jul 28, 03:43 GMT)
- Olympic theme parterres light up Beijing (Jul 25, 03:43 GMT)
- Olympic Green decorated with traditional drums (Jul 24, 02:19 GMT)
- Traffic control takes effect in Beijing (Jul 21, 02:36 GMT)
- Olympic volunteers (Jul 23, 09:56 GMT)
- Olympic theme parterres light up Beijing (Jul 22, 08:42 GMT)
- Ornamental parterres welcome Beijing Olympics (Jul 11, 06:46 GMT)
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Four models pose in their official make-up and hairstyles, that the medal presenters will wear during the victory ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing, July 11, 2008. more>>
Performers render Chinese traditional folk dance during a conference to display sport presentations and awarding ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the gym of Beijing Institute of Technology in Beijing, July 20, 2008. more>>
Photo taken on July 8, 2008 shows the International Broadcast Center (IBC) in Beijing, China. The Main Press Center (MPC) and IBC of the Beijing Olympic Games were opened on Tuesday, kicking off the media service for the event, which is expected to draw 30,000 foreign media people. more>>