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6 athletes from Beijing Olympics test positive

Sports | Olympics
2009-4-29

SIX athletes were found positive for a new generation of EPO after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) further analyzed the samples from last year's Beijing Olympic Games. The IOC announced today through...

Beijing takes a breather

National
2009-1-1

BEIJING, beset by choking traffic and heavy air pollution, will take more than 350,000 high-polluting vehicles off inner city streets from today, local media reported. China's capital has banned cars from the...

Simpler security for Expo visitors

Metro | World Expo
2008-12-24

SECURITY checks at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo site will be simpler than those at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games so that Expo visitors will feel free and comfortable, a senior Expo official said yesterday. Visitors...

Games traffic rules now law

National
2008-10-12

A NEW traffic restriction expected to help sustain the smooth traffic and better air quality achieved during the Olympic Games was implemented in Beijing yesterday. The restriction forces 70 percent of government...

Poll shows citizens say Games a success

National
2008-8-29

NINETY-EIGHT percent of Beijing's residents believe the Olympic Games were a success, according to a survey by Beijing Daily and the Beijing Social Facts & Public Opinion Survey Center. A total of 3,032 residents...

Beijingers 'touched' by opening ceremony of Olympics

National
2008-8-15

MOST Beijing residents were touched by the ``The Four Great Inventions'' performance during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games on August 8 in Beijing. The ``martial arts and taiji'' ranked second...

Olympics no threat to water in Beijing

National
2008-8-14

HOSTING the Olympic Games posed no threat to Beijing's water supply, a vice minister revealed yesterday, with all water coming from the capital. "There has been no Olympic water diverted from neighboring Hebei...

Olympic organizers change start times for dozens of events

National
2008-8-12

THE Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games has altered starting times in 96 events in 13 sports so far due to weather conditions. Tickets will not be refunded or exchanged for events that have either...

Man uses Olympic tickets in anti-smoking drive

National
2008-8-11

AN anti-smoking advocate will donate his 10 Olympic tickets to any smoker who promises to butt out, a Beijing newspaper reported today. Xiong Wei hopes his gesture will raise awareness about the harmful effects...

Beijing weather bureau to let nature take its course

National
2008-8-11

RAIN suppression won't be used to prevent the wet stuff from falling for the remainder of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the city's meteorological bureau said yesterday. The bureau used artificial rain suppression...