Ping-pong legacy

As one of the world's most successful table tennis players of all time, Deng Yaping is well-placed to view the phenomenal rise of sports in the country.

Chinese paradise

Every year, in China, there are the true World Championships of table tennis. It happens with the National Championships or, once every four years, the National Games.

Course management

When China televised its first golf tournament in 1995, people in Shenzhen "dressed like royalty but acted like hooligans".

Winning only a matter of time

If ratified as expected, golf will once again be declared an Olympic sport in 2016. As a result of this decision, the game will truly become a global pastime.

Pumping it

She does not look like a champion weightlifter, but Wang Luo is no lightweight either.

Getting the right fit

The fitness industry in China has changed immensely.

Nuclear family: Insuring crucial strategic facilities

Risk management in nuclear projects is of strategic significance in every country, and nuclear insurance plays a vital role, said Wu Gaolian, chairman of China Nuclear Insurance Pool (CNIP).

China Re eyes IPO in bid for global market

China Re is set to go public at "a proper time" as part of its bid "to become the world's leading reinsurance holding group", said Liu Feng, board chairman of the company.

Dream comes true

"One world, One dream". A national 100-year-old dream of China is coming true with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics to be held tonight.

Paradise for all athletes

The largest non-competition venue for the Olympic Sailing Competition, the Qingdao Olympic Village is located in Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, just across the street to the sailing competition venue.

Olympic spirit breezes into the city

Everyone coming to Qingdao is surrounded by the warmth of the Olympics, with landscape sculptures, huge billboards and flying five-ring Olympic flags at every corner of the city.

Good luck, Beijing!