CHINESE people do not want French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, according to the results of a survey published Wednesday. The online poll conducted by Sina.com.cn, was held in response to Sarkozy’s threat to boycott the ceremony. He said Monday that his attendance would depend on the progress […]

    Jiang Xiaoyu (R), vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), shakes hands with BHP Billiton China President Clinton Dines in front of the Olympic medals at a handing over ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic medals held in Beijing July 3, 2008. The medals were officially handed over […]

    Zhang Xuebin, a hotel employee in Luohu District, displays an embroidery of eight horses he sewed to welcome the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in August. Zhang, a 26-year-old migrant from Guizhou Province, has been working on the embroidery in his spare time for the past five months. The eight horses shown in his embroidery, […]

  Members of China’s armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment during an anti-terrorist drill held in Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province July 2, 2008, roughly one month ahead of the Beijing Olympics.(Xinhua/Fan Changguo Photo)  

Jane Lai, Han Ximin The 2008 Beijing Paralympics torch relay will start its Modern China tour with the first leg to be run in Shenzhen on Saturday. Liu Hong, a Shenzhen athlete in China’s national walk race team, will start the first run at the launch ceremony in front of the Deng Xiaoping Statue on […]

Han Ximin THE boom and development of hiking and mountaineering activities, which reflect the vitality and pioneering spirit of Shenzhen youth, should be a brand name for Shenzhen. Speaking at a forum on Olympic Spirit, City Culture and Mountaineering in Beijing, Wang Yongfeng, vice chairman of the China Mountaineering Association, said Shenzhen had taken the […]

 Spain’s players celebrate with the trophy after the Euro 2008 championships final between Germany and Spain in Vienna, Austria, on June 29, 2008. A first-half goal from Fernando Torres earned Spain the first UEFA European Championship in 44 years. (Xinhua/Guo Yong) Spain won the Euro 2008 title after beating Germany 1-0 in Ernst-Happel Stadion on […]

President of the UN General Assembly Srgjan Kerim appealed to member states on Monday to observe an Olympic Truce, a worldwide cessation of all hostilities for the duration of the Beijing Olympic Games. “As President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session, I solemnly appeal to all member states to demonstrate their commitment to […]

  Entrepreneur displays his stone carving collection  DATA： 2008-06-26 A stone jar with lotus and honeysuckle patterns. When a friend told him the collector had a couple of rare stone animals for sale, Wu went to the man’s store in Beijing but didn’t like what he saw. “The two animals looked weird and grotesque and […]

Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas (2nd L) celebrates with teammates their quarterfinal penalty shootout victory over Italy at the Euro 2008 Championships in Vienna, Austria, on June 22, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) And this time, three of four group winners fell at as early as the last eight stage. After taking the quick qualification with earlier victories […]