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Beijing

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/ 8 August 2008

SA look to the pool for Olympic medal hopes

Teams will soon line up for the event in which South Africa won their sole gold medal of the previous Olympics — the 4x100m freestyle relay.

By Karien Jonckheere
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/ 8 August 2008

Beijing: the ‘beautiful’ city

Hundreds of thousands of the migrant workers who built Olympic venues and beautified the city have already been sent home.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

More reason to watch

These are the first Olympic Games in which anticipation of the athletes’ feats has been overshadowed by speculation about the nature of the event.

By Richard Williams
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/ 7 August 2008

Good Olympic start for Argentina

Olympic football champions Argentina began the defence of their title on Thursday ahead of the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday.

By Julian Guyer
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/ 7 August 2008

Torch ascends Great Wall, Bush rebukes China

Doves flew and confetti rained down as the Olympic torch was carried along the ancient Great Wall on a misty Thursday morning.

By Simon Denyer
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/ 6 August 2008

Olympic torch cheered through Beijing

Flag-waving crowds cheered the torch relay through Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday as Olympic fever mounted.

By Phil Chetwynd
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/ 6 August 2008

Norway in upset win in Olympic women’s soccer

Norway produced an opening 2-0 upset win over defending champions the United States as women’s football launched the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.

By Chris Foley
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/ 4 August 2008

Phelps aims for eight gold at Olympics

Michael Phelps’s quest for gold and glory is just one bid for Olympic history that will unfold in Beijing’s futuristic Olympic aquatic centre.

By Rebecca Bryan
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/ 4 August 2008

Great walls hide eyesores as migrants told to leave

As thousands of visitors begin to arrive in China’s capital, large numbers of Beijing’s residents are disappearing from view.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 August 2008

China using Games as ‘warfare’, says stadium designer

China’s Olympic security operation makes the country look like a police state, according to the artist behind Beijing’s spectacular new stadium.

By Jonathan Watts
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/ 31 July 2008

Lure of gold leaves Games open to drug cheats

The Beijing Olympics will see the biggest anti-doping effort in history, but the omens for a drug-free Games are not good.

By Guy Jackson
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/ 31 July 2008

China lashes out at US, says internet curbs will stay

China lashed out on Thursday at the US for interfering in its affairs and insisted it would maintain restrictions on internet use during the Games.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 July 2008

IOC to probe apparent internet censorship

The International Olympic Committee will investigate apparent censorship of the internet service provided for media covering the Beijing Olympics.

By Nick Mulvenney
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/ 29 July 2008

Home away from home for Olympic tourists

During the Olympic Games Gao Benxu hopes to brush up his English by opening up his apartment to a family visiting from abroad.

By Francois Bougon
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/ 29 July 2008

Beijing haze recedes but rights concerns remain

Haze that has covered Beijing for the last few days cleared on Tuesday as rain fell 10 days before the Olympics begin.

By Chris Buckley
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/ 29 July 2008

Beijing mulls ’emergency plan’ to fight pollution

Beijing’s Olympic organisers are planning new emergency measures to reduce pollution after steps introduced a week ago failed to stop a grimy haze.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 July 2008

Curious Beijingers given list of ‘don’t asks’

Avoid questions about income. Steer clear of religion and politics. And please, don’t ask foreigners visiting for the Olympics about their sex life.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 July 2008

Beijing shrouded in haze 11 days before Games

Olympic host city Beijing was shrouded in haze on Monday 11 days before the Games begin, raising anxieties about whether it can deliver clean skies.

By Chris Buckley
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/ 27 July 2008

More may be needed to clear Beijing smog, official says

Beijing was blanketed in smog on Sunday, as a senior Chinese environmental official warned more measures might be needed to clear the capital’s air.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 July 2008

Cops struggle to control Beijing Olympic ticket chaos

Police struggled on Friday to control surging crowds of more than 50 000 people desperate to grab the last Olympic tickets in Beijing.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 July 2008

Tennis stars join gold rush at ‘fifth Slam’

The Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. And this year, a fifth Grand Slam: the Beijing Olympics.

By Talek Harris
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/ 23 July 2008

Thorpe torpedoes Phelps’s quest for eight golds

Retired swimming great Ian Thorpe has dismissed American Michael Phelps’s bid to best Mark Spitz’s record haul of seven golds at an Olympic Games.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 July 2008

Beijing to feel the strain from Olympic visitors

A whole series of problems that have proven tough to fix could give visitors an Olympic-sized headache.

By Ben Blanchard
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/ 21 July 2008

Beijing skies still hazy despite car ban

Traffic in China’s capital was lighter on Monday but hazy skies still hovered over the Olympic host city 18 days before the Beijing Games.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 July 2008

Beijing goes for green with Olympic clean-up

Beijing’s biggest single source of pollution has been sacrificed to the Olympics and, this week, media were invited to a triumphant autopsy.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 July 2008

Forced evictions sour Olympic dream

Yu Pingju has little Olympic cheer. If the government demolishes her house, she may have to watch the Beijing Games on the street.

By Ben Blanchard
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/ 15 July 2008

For some Beijingers, the Olympics are a lost opportunity

Zhou Zhilian is one of thousands of entrepreneurs for whom the Olympic Games represent more a missed opportunity than a chance to cash in.

By Jason Subler
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/ 7 July 2008

One month to go: Beijing prepares to deliver Olympics

With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinised Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver.

By Nick Mulvenney
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/ 6 July 2008

First city of the future

On a corner of the eastern extension of the Avenue of Eternal Peace, Beijing’s oldest and newest cultures lie in bizarre proximity.

By Isabel Hilton
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/ 5 July 2008

Faces in a billion

Luo Jinquan is an unlikely poster boy for China’s spectacular economic development. A peasant from Yunnan, he he is a down-to-earth man of the soil.

By Jonathan Watts
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/ 4 July 2008

Beijing hopes to flush away toilet stigma

Beijing’s notoriously foul-smelling and poorly tended public toilets will feature some rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 July 2008

New media turn Beijing into e-Games

When Coroebus of Elis won the first Olympic sprint in 776 BC, the result was scratched on to parchment and read out in market places.

By Talek Harris
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