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The “Bird’s Nest”

The photos taken on August 11 show the Beijing National Stadium by Frank YU, or the Bird’s Nest, the main venue for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Located at the Olympic Green, and with a land surface of 258,000 square meters and a seating capacity of 91,000, the stadium will be used for football and […]

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BOCOG confident of ensuring food safety of Beijing Games

BEIJING, August 6 (Xinhua) — Beijing Olympic organizers are confident of ensuring food safety of the Games to be held in the Chinese capital next summer.”We are very confident of ensuring food safety in Beijing,” said Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG). “Beijing has hosted many […]

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Theme song to brighten Olympic one-year countdown

BEIJING, August 5 — A theme song marking the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics was released on Saturday in Beijing. Entitled “We Are Ready”, it was co-recorded by more than 130 singers from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It mainly expresses the confidence and desire […]

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Bookings for Beijing Olympic tickets far exceed supply

BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) — The first phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games has come to a close with more than 700,000 people booking over 4.9 million tickets, officials said on Sunday.”By 24:00 last night, we have received more than 700,000 orders,” said Rong Jun, director of the Beijing […]

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China holds anti-terrorist exercise for 2008 Olympics

According to XINHUA, China held here Tuesday afternoon a state-level anti-terrorist exercise for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
BEIJING, June. 19 (Xinhua) — China held here Tuesday afternoon a state-level anti-terrorist exercise for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The exercise, dubbed Great Wall No. 4, held in Beijing, focused on security work for the […]

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To be a torchbearer for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced how be a torchbearer for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games yesterday, as following:
 
(Beijing, June 23) — The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced here on Saturday the torchbearer selection program for the Beijing 2008 […]

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Foreign journalists will be free to report Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

According to the Foreign Media Service Guide released by Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) on last Wednesday, the foreign media organizations and foreign journalists will be free to report during the 2008 Olympic Games.
BOCOG summarized the Service Guide on its official website,

The Guide covers such a dozen matters […]

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