2009
16
Oct
The International Figure Skating Union’s Grand Prix Series enters its 15th season this weekend with its first event: The Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire, in Paris. Competition starts Friday in competition, the first of six that will lead up to the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo in December and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It will [...]
2009
2
Oct
Tokyo’s hopes of hosting the 2016 Olympics were shattered Friday as the Japanese capital was eliminated in the second round of voting by the International Olympic Committee.
Rio de Janeiro was named the winner of rights to stage the 2016 Games, beating Madrid in the final round of voting to become the first South American [...]
2009
30
Sep
The International Olympic Committee is no stranger to tough decisions. It took the risk of sending the games to Beijing and said “No” to New York in the aftermath of 9/11. Yet, despite all of that accumulated experience, some IOC members are struggling with their latest conundrum: choosing the Olympic host for 2016.
Just two [...]
2008
24
Dec
The world’s biggest ice Santa has been built for the 2008 Harbin Ice Festival in Heilongjiang Province in China.
The 160m Father Christmas, created by Chinese sculptor Tang Guangjun, is a centerpiece of this year’s Harbin Ice Festival.
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Over 800,000 tourists from around China and overseas will visit the festival, which runs from mid-December to early February.
China now has a number of ice festivals to rival the internationally acclaimed Sapporo Snow Festival in nearby Japan.
There are ice and snow festivals in Shenyang in Liaoning Province and Harbin in Heilongjiang Province at this time of the year. In Harbin the amazing ice sculptures are illuminated at night and firework displays are part of the attraction.
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2008
24
Oct
The people running the libraries in the People’s Republic of Hackney have attempted to emulate the Chinese wrt censoring off message individuals, who have the temerity to criticise the London 2012 Olympics.Iain Sinclair was declared a “non person”and b…
2008
5
Oct
China knew about the contamination of milk products months ago but covered the scandal up to prevent it tarnishing the Beijing Olympics, according to journalists, rights groups and media critics.
The crisis broke in mid-September, a month after the Olympics, but several Chinese reporters had long known about babies being hospitalised after drinking tainted milk, [...]
2008
29
Sep
China kicked off its National Day celebrations Monday by highlighting its hosting of the Beijing Olympics and the country’s first spacewalk, two hard-won successes in a tumultuous year marked by natural disasters, ethnic unrest and another food safety scandal.
The spacewalk on Saturday boosted a wave of Chinese pride and patriotism stemming from the Olympics, [...]
2008
17
Sep
Sebastian Coe, chairman of the organising committee for the 2012 London Olympics, spoke about the responsibility of hosting 2012 Games:”It is a massive responsibility.We don’t find it daunting.I think that I can only relate it to sitting in a stadium w…
2008
13
Sep
Host nation China pulled away from its rivals at the Beijing Paralympics Friday as its medal tally soared over 100.
China has now won more medals in just over five days of competition than it did during the whole of last month’s Olympics, when it won exactly 100.
The Paralympic haul is made up of 34 [...]
2008
9
Sep
China: As Paralympics Launch, Disabled Face Discrimination
Hiring Bias, Harassment of Disabled Organizations Undermine Laws
Despite recent positive steps, discrimination against persons with disabilities continues in China and organizations for the disabled face government pressure and harassment, Human Rights Watch said today on the eve of the September 6 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
“The Chinese government deserves [...]