Beijing Olympic Games organizers have fulfilled their plan to construct and name 200 Olympic education model schools in Beijing as they named the second batch of 180 on Friday.
Wang Zhitong is only 12 years old but thanks to the Beijing 2008 Olympic education programme, she already has an impressive knowledge of the history and spirit of the Games.
Hong Kong Observatory's Nowcasting System will support the specialized weather forecasting service for the Olympics and a trial version will be shipped to Beijing this summer for a preliminary demonstration, according to a government press release on Thursday.
While all the Chinese athletes make intense preparations for the 2008 Olympics, the students of Beijing Hepingjie Second Primary School are busy getting into the spirit of things in their own unique way.
Liu Dong bought a two-bedroom flat in the northern suburbs of Tianjin two years ago for 250,000 yuan (US$31,250). He sold it last month for 400,000 yuan (US$49,382).
The first batch of Olympic security guards have started first aid training, in preparation for the 2008 Games in Beijing.
That Beijing organisers have chosen to mark 800 days to the start of the 2008 Olympics on May 30 will come no surprise to those familiar with the power of numbers in China.
Beijing, suffering its worst drought in 50 years, will face a severe water shortage during the 2008 Olympics if current trends prevail, a Chinese newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The China Star Support and Promotion Group for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was established in Beijing today.
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.
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.
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