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Water Cube

National Aquatics Center also known as the "Water Cube" (Water Cube), located in Beijing Olympic Park, Beijing built for the 2008 Summer Olympics the main swimming pool, but also the 2008 Beijing Olympic...

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International Show of Peace Concert in Beijing Set for April 17, 2010

Rick Garson's pet project, an international "Show of Peace" to coincide with the United Nation's International Day of Peace, may finally take place due to its new venue of Beijing, China. It is kind of sad to...

0 comments    entertainment music peace
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Tae Kwon Do : High kicks and tender knuckles

(photo courtesy of scottfieldstein) Tae Kwon Do : A Martial Art for all Generations I must have been mad I really must, trying Tae Kwon Do at my age. I'd taken classes a couple of years ago but dropped out...

2 comments    health fitness exercise
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Should Western countries boycott the Beijing Olympics? What are the pros and cons here?

Would boycotting the Olympics actually do more damage than good? After reading about the thousands, or tens of thousands of Chinese citizens who had their homes and land siezed in order tho build the Olympic...

3 comments    china human rights olympic games
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Apprehension

Frankly speaking,I am very very familiar with chinese charater, because I am a native born chinese.When l was about seven years old ,my mother sent me to primmary school and told me: "Dear baby,you should...

0 comments    beijing olympic emblem
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Fixing...The Olympics

With the start of the Beijing Olympics imminent, I thought it might be a good time to talk about what ails the Olympic movement and what we might consider doing to fix things.

0 comments    politics sports games
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The New China

 The Beijing Olympics was long over, the buzz it created is now gone. But the impression it left to its spectators will forever be remembered. The 2008 Olympics was industrialized China's debut. It presented...

0 comments    olympics flag beijing olympics
Happy Valley65

Happy Valley

Happy Valley Beijing Happy Valley is the Overseas Chinese Town Group 20 years of professional accumulation, with four years to build the theme attracted to the ecological park, which is the regional leader...

3 comments    happiness passion china
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Americas New Source for Talent

For most of the programs history the U.S. national team player pool has been missing what most would see as a likely candidate to represent their country, Mexican-American players. Whether it was a lack of...

0 comments    sports america football
8 Gold Medals!53

2008 Olympics

2008 Olympics!!! I must say the 08 Olympics were truly the best I have seen so far. And the scandals that were prevelant amoung these olympics will not change my opinion of that. Right now we can only debate...

1 comment    sports swimming olympics
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