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Beijing 08

A coverage of the 29th Summer Olympic Games.

1 year ago 1,772 views AlJazeeraEnglish
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Baton passed to London for 2012 games -- 25 August 2008 4:02
London is to play host to the 30th Olympiad come 2012, and it plans to stage the g...
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Life after the Beijing games -- 25 August 2008 1:24
Beijing dazzled the world with its clockwork efficiency during the Olympics, and t...
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China's Olympics legacy -- 25 August 2008 3:03
The 29th Olympiad has officially ended in Beijing, putting politics once again at ...
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The price of protesting in China -- 22 August 2008 2:30
While Olympic organisers have tried hard to put a lot of gloss over the Beijing ga...
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Chinese youths embrace communism -- 22 August 2008 1:17
Despite the demise of communism around the world in the last three decades China's...
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China's golden outing at the Olympics -- 21 August 2008 2:28
Host nation China has amassed a virtually unassailable lead in the medals table wi...
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Youths enjoying China's economic boom -- 21 August 2008 1:30
China's former paramount leader first spoke of socialism, Chinese-style, more than...
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Soldier hopes Olympic flame will cool ties -- 20 August 2008 1:50
The rivalry between China and Taiwan has separated families for decades, although ...
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Politics in play at the Olympics -- 20 August 2008 2:46
Despite the recent thawing of ties between Taiwan and China, the island's athletes...
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Technology propels Olympic success -- 19 August 2008 2:34
For the elite athletes gathered in Beijing, competing in the Olympics has become m...
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Philippines' Olympic flop -- 19 August 2008 2:41
In any Olympic games most of the attention and money go to winning athletes from c...
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Chinese retirees live it up with dancing -- 19 August 2008 1:15
Group dancing is a popular form of exercise and provides a social outlet for many ...
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Chinese rocker backs Olympics -- 18 August 2008 1:33
Cui Jian is known as the godfather of Chinese rock music whose song Nothing to My ...
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China's 'golden' army of Olympic volunteers -- 18 August 2008 1:57
An army of volunteers has helped to ensure the smooth running of the Beijing games...
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Fraudsters win big on Olympics tickets -- 13 August 2008 2:56
The Beijing games is being praised for having efficient organisation, but that giv...
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Joyless Olympics for Sichuan survivors -- 12 August 2008 2:01
Three months since a powerful earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, leaving mor...
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Saving Chinese opera - 12 august 2008 1:24
The opera is a Chinese art form that almost did not survive the country's cultural...
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Obsessing over China's Bird's Nest - 11 August 2008 1:35
The radical design of China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, has capt...
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China plans for future supply of clean water -- 11 August 08 2:45
Most Olympic visitors will leave Beijing unaware that water is this city's most cr...
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Olympic flame touches ordinary Chinese - 08 August 2008 1:02
There were plenty of celebrities who carried the Olympic torch during its long rou...
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