Preparation - Beijing, February
29-02-2008 Workers Stadium upgrades barrier-free facilities
The Workers Stadium, one of the competition venues for Olympic football events, has upgraded its barrier-free facilities for the convenience of spectators with disabilities ...
02-02-2008 Photos: traditional pavilion in backdrop of modern 'Bird's Nest'
These photos taken on January 30 show the National Stadium and a pavilion echoing to each other from a distance. The classic steel architecture, also known as the Bird's Nest ...
02-02-2008 Photos: FIFA inspectors visit Tianjin
FIFA inspectors visited Tianjin, the co-host city of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games football competitions, on January 30, 2008. FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot ...
02-02-2008 Liu Jingmin meets with IPC president
Liu Jingmin, vice-mayor of Beijing and executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), met with Philip Craven, president ...
02-02-2008 Natural beauty of the 'Water Cube': A theoretical physics masterpiece
On April 10, 2006, a shiny, silver, square building stood next to the "Bird's Nest." Upon initial glances, people may not connect it to the National Aquatics Center ...
02-02-2008 Original 'Water Cube' project pared down due to operating fee concerns
The National Aquatics Center, the venue for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games aquatics events, was to be like a water wave in the preliminary design jointly launched ...
02-02-2008 Essential materials procured for Beijing Olympics
About 80 percent of the essential goods and materials for the Beijing Olympic Games have been procured, according to Yan Ligang, director of the Logistics Department ...
02-02-2008 About 1,000 families will be chosen to host guests (2)
Xiong Yumei, deputy director of the Beijing Tourist Bureau, said the search will begin at the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, which wrap up in mid-February ...
02-02-2008 About 1,000 families will be chosen to host guests
Visitors to the Shanghai Expo next year can enjoy a special treat and one that few get to experience. Some of the city's senior residents will invite visitors from overseas to their homes to give them ...
02-02-2008 Photos: A look inside the 'Water Cube'
The National Aquatics Center, or simply the 'Water Cube', a blue palatial structure with an area of 80,000 sq m, was completed ...
02-02-2008 'Water Cube': a humanized Olympic venue
On January 28, the National Aquatics Center (NAC), one the new landmarks of Beijing, was successfully delivered ...
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