QINGDAO: China Netcom has vowed to build the world's most advanced telecommunications network for the Sailing Regatta of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
QINGDAO: With a year to go until the Beijing Games, the 2007 Qingdao International Regatta represents foreign athletes' last chance to familiarize themselves with the Olympic site.
QINGDAO: Qingdao is known for a multitude of enterprises with famous brand names, but today the coastal city is fast becoming a cluster industry capital.
QINGDAO: As the mayor of a city boasting long-lasting friendships with 17 cities around the world, Xia Geng knows how to lay on the hospitality nice and thick.
QINGDAO: A fake Olympic Village has been set up in a hotel for the 2007 Qingdao International Regatta as construction continues apace on the real thing.
QINGDAO: The breeze is blowing, the sun is shining and sails are set.
QINGDAO: The Olympic spirit is soaring in Qingdao where a consensus exists that the current test regatta is the best sporting tournament ever staged off China's coast.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Flamengo coach Joel Santana is facing disciplinary action after a pitchside microphone caught him apparently telling his players to kick the opposition during Sunday's 3-0 defeat by Santos.
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