Nine-year-old earthquake survivor Lin Hao (left) walked with Yao Ming (China’s national flag-bearer) in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Bird’s Nest.  Some people noticed that the flag that Lin Hao was holding was placed upside down.  It was believed that there was mistake back at the manufacture line, and [...]

Lu Zhiyuan, a 13-year-old boy from Zhejiang, has been stationing at Beijing airport for six days asking for athletes’ autographs.  Whenever he sees athletes coming out, he’ll use his amateur English requesting for their autograph on his notebook.  The boy’s father is responsible for taking their photos.  He has already had more than 300 athletes’ [...]

Nick Mulvenney reported that International Olympic Committee (IOC) supports China to block sensitive websites.  This deal is disclosed by a senior IOC official on Wednesday.  Although China promised the media that they will be given freedom like the previous Olympics, journalists still find it difficult to access to sensitive sites.  China’s cencorship approach was believed [...]

Recently a version of Olympic Beijing National Stadium (a.k.a. Bird’s Nest) is circulating around on internet.  This image has amazed many netizens.  It is said that the ‘Bird’s Nest’ was made by some villagers.  Comparing the picture to the original Bird’s Nest, some netizens sarcastically joked that this is the real ‘bird’s nest’.  The village [...]

There are several cartoons of different types of games of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.  The cartoon characters are using Beijing Opera facial makeup.  There are descriptions for different sports in the Chinese cartoons.

“The modern volleyball was originated in America and then spread into Europe.  China’s Volleyball female team had championed the world for seven times.”

“Table [...]

Volunteers of Olympic had their hair decorated with five Olympic Rings at the opening ceremoney of the Olympic Village in Beijing, China.

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As Beijing Olympics is approaching, Beijing’s street’s decoration has been constantly changing.  The picture is the bike decoration at Chang’an Street.
Source: Zaobao

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‘Journey to the West‘ is one of the Four Great Classical Novels.  The characters were used by BBC Sport for forthcoming Olympic Games.  However one of the most important character in the tale is not used in this animation, which is the monk who is the master of all the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie (Pig), [...]

Beijing had sent an initiative to all the hotels and restaurants in the city for suspension of dog meat dishes supply during Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Dog meat is not only popular in Beijing’s Korean restaurant, but often a popular dish in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurant.
Beijing Food Safety Office issued a document in June requesting [...]

In order to welcome Olympic tourists from all over the world, Wei Shengchu decided to flag more than 200 flags on his head.
The way of planting flag was based on the Chinese acupuncture theory.  The flag poles were the acupuncture needle.  The flag on Wei’s head represented more than 200 countries and regions coming to [...]