Beautiful scenery, a distinctive main character and a fluid story. Hollywood blockbusters costing millions of dollars are expected to have elements such as these, but when a short film made by a university student with a simple digital video (DV) recorder has them, too, it's worthy of note.
Beijing may divert water from the Yellow River to guarantee water supply during the 2008 Olympics, a Chinese newspaper said on Thursday, as the world's driest major city ponders how to slake the thirst of 2.5 million extra people.
When Peter Ueberroth turned the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles into the first-ever profitable Games, he might have not have imagined that it would be regarded as an epoch-altering event with the spotlight as much on corporate sponsors as the athletes.
An exhibition of oil paintings themed "The Great Wall looks forward to the Olympics" was opened at Zhigao Art Museum in Beijing on Sunday, as an event of the June 23-July 15 Olympic Cultural Festival.
As part of the fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural festival, the second Beijing International Sports Film Week was opened on Monday.
Officials in Beijing yesterday expressed their confidence that the thirsty city will have enough water to meet rising demand during the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Olympic Tower, the headquarters of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) appeared with fresh luminous Olympic marks on Wednesday.
China is encouraging volunteer service in its communities and expecting to have a participation rate of 8 percent in 2008, up from currently 3 percent, an official in charge of community work said
New York Knicks' first-year guard Nate Robinson says he has his sights set on making it to the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Beijing Olympic venues are likely to be open to visitors later this year said Beijing Tourism Administration director Du Jiang, according to chinabroadcast.cn Thursday.
Beijing will get four police helicopters next year to support its first-ever air patrol squad, which will help to ensure security at the Olympic Games in 2008.
A special "recommended menu" with an emphasis on Chinese cuisine is being prepared for the athletes competing in the the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a commerce official said on Tuesday
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