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  • Media must work within China's laws in 2008-IOC

    2006-05-18 22:04

    Media will have the same freedom they have enjoyed in other Olympic host cities when they cover the Beijing Games in 2008 but will have to respect Chinese law, the head of the IOC's inspection team said on Thursday.

  • Beijing drafts to lessen traffic and smog at 2008 Olympics

    2006-05-18 17:11

    Beijing is drafting contingency plans to alleviate the city's smothering traffic and smog during the 2008 Olympics.

  • Omega extends Olympic sponsorship

    2006-05-18 16:48

    Omega extended its Olympic sponsorship Tuesday to become the official timekeeper of the 2012 London Games in a deal worth more than $70 million.

  • Olympic Volleyball venue under renovation

    2006-05-18 15:27

    Capital Indoor Stadium, an Olympic volleyball competition venue, started its renovation and expansion project on Thursday.

  • WHO sets health goals for Beijing Games

    2006-05-18 09:09

    WHO official has called on authorities take action to meet the immense challenge of handling public health and emergency response issues during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

  • Liu Qi meets with Hein Verbruggen

    2006-05-18 08:59

    President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) Liu Qi met with Hein Verbruggen, Chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Games in Beijing on Tuesday.

  • IOC Coordination Commission holds sixth session

    2006-05-17 09:06

    The Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad -- Beijing 2008 -- held the sixth plenary session in Beijing on May 16th.

  • New Olympic projects win praise

    2006-05-17 08:55

    The progress being made by the construction workers at the sites of new venues for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games won praise from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission on Tuesday.

  • Taekwondist refuses surgery, pursues Olympic title

    2006-05-16 14:10

    Double Olympic champion Chen Zhong, targeting her third Olympic taekwondo title in a row, decided not to repair her torn cruciate ligament until the end of Beijing Games.

  • Beijingers join English-learning campaign

    2006-05-16 09:39

    Some 50,000 citizens flocked into Chaoyang Park in the eastern Beijing on Saturday to kick off the annual campaign promoting English-learning.

  • IOC Coordination Commission to hold 6th session

    2006-05-15 16:31

    The Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad -- Beijing 2008 -- will open the sixth plenary session in Beijing on May 16.

  • Beijing Olympic volunteer program open to all

    2006-05-15 15:00

    The volunteer program for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is open to all people in the world and the Games organizers welcome those institutions and individuals who wish to become volunteers to take part in the program, BOCOG Executive Vice President Li Binghua said.

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