Written by Tim on July 25, 2008 – 2:39 am
The air quality in Beijing has improved in recent days, an official from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.
“I am very surprised, because I thought it would be different, but it’s much better,” the IOC’s Olympic Games’ executive director Gilbert Felli told reporters.
“You don’t feel bad when you breathe, so it looks good. [...]
Written by Tim on July 23, 2008 – 12:03 am
BEIJING - The last tranche of the tickets for next month’s Olympic Games will be put on sale from Friday at the ticket booths scattered at the Olympic venues, organizers said on Tuesday.
Of the 820,000 tickets that will go on sale, 250,000 are for the sports events in Beijing, while the rest for football competitions [...]
Written by Tim on July 23, 2008 – 12:03 am
Athletes and officials of all faith can pray in the Olympic Village, and many religious places and multi-language priests are geared up to provide a serene religious atmosphere to visitors in Beijing.
A multi-faith center with 66 religious staff and volunteers opened in the village on Sunday where services of the world’s major religions, Christianity, Islam, [...]
Written by Tim on July 22, 2008 – 3:10 am
Hotels in Beijing have cut their room rates 10 to 20 percent in a last-ditch effort to attract tourists before the opening of the Olympic Games next month. Olympic room prices in the average three-star hotel, compared with those quoted in May and June, are now reduced from 700 yuan ($104) to 400 yuan per [...]
Written by Tim on July 22, 2008 – 3:09 am
Beijing Capital International Airport is ready to receive an estimated 100,000 Olympic family visitors, a spokesman for the organizing committee said on Sunday.
He Yan, secretary-general of the Beijing Capital International Airport Venue Team, said although the team began officially receiving accredited Olympic members only on July 8, a number of others had arrived earlier.
“About 1,000 [...]
Written by Tim on July 21, 2008 – 4:57 am
Beijing’s Olympic Village became fully operational Sunday and started warming up for its official opening on June 27, when 16,000 athletes and officials will move in. The last potted plant had been put in place and the trained volunteers and staffers were clad in their uniforms.
They were going through all procedures to smooth out any [...]
Written by Tim on July 21, 2008 – 4:06 am
Beijing Sunday inched a step closer to realizing a green Olympics by enforcing a series of measures to ease traffic jams and reduce pollution. Vehicles with even and odd plates will hit the roads only on alternate days, which effectively means just half of the capital’s 3.29 million automobiles can run on any given day.
With [...]
Written by Tim on July 21, 2008 – 4:01 am
The planned over-the-counter (OTC) market and the Beijing-Tianjin express railway are upgrading the importance of Tianjin and spurring the economic integration of the cities.
The State Council released “Suggestions on Promoting Development and Opening-up of Tianjin Binhai Development Zone” in June 2006, in hopes of turning Tianjin into a new engine similar to the Shenzhen Special [...]
Written by Tim on July 19, 2008 – 10:02 am
BEIJING — Beijing is a great place for shopping. From the latest fashions to fine arts to more types of tea than you can think of, it is most likely that it can be found in the capital. Here are 10 streets for great shopping as recommended by Xinhua.
Liulichang Street
Liulichang, or Glass Street, near [...]
Written by Tim on July 19, 2008 – 9:54 am
Beijing opened three new subway lines on Saturday morning to ease traffic during the Olympic Games.
An opening ceremony was held at Beitucheng Station, the transfer station of Line 10 and the Olympic Branch Line. Journalists and a limited number of local residents with intra-day tickets witnessed the scene. The other line opened was the Airport [...]