Beijing police will be sent back to driving school in readiness for the Olympics and some will get hotted up cars and racing training, state media said on Monday.
China vowed on Monday to organise a "non-smoking" Olympic Games, but health officials admitted that changing the habits of 350 million smokers would be difficult.
Speaking at a seminar on China's circular economy, Tian Maijiu, deputy director of the Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People's Congress, revealed that Olympic venues and facilities would make full use of new energy sources.
The organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have issued a new series of pins featuring the Games mascots to be sold to the public.
Beijing's 2008 Olympic Game officials have announced that they wont be partnering with any alcohol or tobacco related companies, or any company that is not environmentally-friendly, a Beijing-based newspaper reported today.
President of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi met with Dick Ebersol, Chairman of Universal Sports and Olympics of US National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and his party in Beijing Wednesday afternoon
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) today announced Effem Foods (Beijing) as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Exclusive Supplier and SNICKERS as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Official Chocolate at a joint press conference held in Beijing.
Marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe said her injured foot is healing "really well" and she will resume her normal training routine next week.
Cuba has welcomed a Chinese delegation led by Li Binghua, the executive vice-president of the Beijing Olympics Committee (BOCOG), who was invited by Cuba's Olympic chief, Jose Ramon Fernandez, Cuban media said on Wednesday.
Driver Liu Dong bought a two-bedroom flat on the northern suburb of Tianjin two years ago with 250,000 yuan (US$ 31,250) and sold it 400,000 yuan(US$ 50,000) last week.
A glance from the window of any of Beijing's towering skyscrapers is enough to ascertain the biggest problem facing the city in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics -- smog.
The equestrian governing body, FEI, confirmed the allocation for the three disciplines which will be held in Hong Kong.
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