English Premiership champions Chelsea are looking for access to the Chinese market by co-operating with the Chinese Football Association (CFA), with the aim of helping China's 2008 Olympic team.
Chinese junior track and field athletes will go for gold at the upcoming IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) World Junior Championships on their home turf this August as one of the three most important events held by IAAF comes to Beijing for the first time.
During the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing residents are likely to enjoy special holidays and free public transportation service, Beijing vice-mayor Ji Lin said.
The main structure of the National Aquatics Center, a major competition venue of the 2008 Olympic Games, was topped off today.
Ken Livingstone, mayor of 2012 Olympic host city London, said he was very impressed by the speed and progress made by the Chinese capital in preparing for the 2008 Games, pledging to build a increasingly close and warm relationship between the two cities.
The Cuban government newspaper Granma said on Monday that the speed of China's preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics had "stunned the world", repeating comments made in the 15th Olympic Committees' General Assembly.
Chief London organizer Sebastian Coe thinks China is likely to change fundamentally in the decade after the 2008 Beijing Games.
Beijing police, gearing up for the 2008 Olympic Games, has made preparations to select 135 riot policemen and policewomen among this year's graduates at their annual recruitment fair, the Beijing News reported.
Beijing's wish to have the 2008 Olympics torch relay pass through Taiwan has yet to be granted and a final decision will be taken in the coming months, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.
The first periodical recording the progress being made in Beijing's preparations for the Olympic Games - Beijing 2008 - was officially issued in Beijing recently.
North and South Korea are expected to clinch a long-awaited deal on fielding a unified team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by August this year, South Korea's Olympic chief said on Tuesday.
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