China opens its long-sought Olympics spectacularly
BEIJING - China didn't just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global power.
Nations:Afghanistan Nepal Turkey Argentina Kenya Germany People:Dirk Nowitzki Roger Federer LeBron James Vladimir Putin Yao Ming Kobe Bryant Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-08
China to celebrate new might at Games party
BEIJING (Reuters) - China celebrates its ancient past and modern power at the Olympics opening on Friday, seeking to shift the global focus from rights criticisms to sport.
Nations:China Japan People:Yao Ming George W. Bush Hu Jintao Steven Spielberg Zhang Yimou Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-08
China's Games party set for "Big bang" start
BEIJING (Reuters) - China stages the most expensive opening ceremony in Olympic history on Friday, keen to put the world spotlight on its modern face and the sports action after a build-up that fired up the Communist government's critics.
Nations:Ivory Coast Argentina Brazil Russia People:George W. Bush Yao Ming Steven Spielberg Zhang Yimou Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-07
Olympic flame sets off on final relay
BEIJING - Torch bearers carried the Olympic flame on the final relay of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games.
Nations:China People:Yao Ming Zhang Yimou Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Olympics are a moment of pride, tension for China
BEIJING — On Friday evening, as princes, kings and presidents look on, China will fill the sky over its capital with an awesome display of fireworks and make its case to the world that it was no mistake to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Nations:China Japan South Korea Spain People:Zhang Yimou Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(McClatchy)
2008-08-03
Eclipse darkens NW China, a week before Olympics
JIAYUGUAN, China (Reuters) - Darkness fell over the last outpost of the Great Wall of China on Friday, where a rare total solar eclipse ended its journey across the earth, delighting skywatchers one week before the Olympics open in Beijing.
Nations:China Russia Canada Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-01
China: Floods kill 63 this month
GUANGZHOU, China - Soldiers scrambled to shore up soggy levies with sandbags Tuesday in southern China as forecasters warned that more heavy rain in the central region could trigger flooding on the country's second-longest river.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Southern China Flood Source:(AP)
2008-06-17
Honors for Mao Mao the panda killed in China quake
WOLONG, China - Mao Mao the panda's remains were gently laid in a wooden crate and wheeled to a patch of ground in China's famed Wolong Nature Reserve where a freshly dug grave awaited.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
Jet Li breaks record with $13 mln paycheck
Chinese action star Jet Li is set to rake in 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, state media reported on Sunday.
Nations:Hong Kong People:Jet Li Peter Chan Xu Jinglei Takeshi Kaneshiro Ang Lee Zhang Yimou
2007-11-26
Polluted Beijing voted China's most beautiful city
Dirty, polluted, congested and razed of many old buildings -- but Beijing has still been chosen as China's most beautiful city.
Nations:China
2007-09-11
Iraq war films among favorites at Venice
Two very different movies about the Iraq war are among the favorites for awards at this year's Venice film festival as it passes the halfway stage, and an unusually high number of male leads have stood out.
Nations:Italy France Egypt People:Paul Haggis Bob Dylan Keira Knightley Cate Blanchett Jude Law Tommy Lee Jones Activities:2007 Venice Film Festival
2007-09-04
Venice film festival's 75th anniversary edition kicks off
Creative tension will be in the air Wednesday as the 75th anniversary edition of the Venice Film Festival kicks off with the psychological drama "Atonement" by Britain's Joe Wright.
People:Paul Haggis Keira Knightley Jude Law Susan Sarandon Tommy Lee Jones Kitano Takeshi Activities:2007 Venice Film Festival
2007-08-29
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