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03 Sep 08
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A Chinese Challenge to Intel Chinese researchers have unveiled details of Godson-3, a scalable microprocessor with four cores (work in parallel) that they hope will bring personal computing to most ordinary people in China by 2010, with an eight-core version in development. |
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02 Sep 08
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The Future of Beijing's Cleaner Air Most of the history that happened in Beijing over the past few weeks took place in gyms, in the pool and on the track. But there was also history in the air, specifically the best summer air quality this city has seen in 10 years. |
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01 Sep 08
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Divine lightning reaction? A Chinese man who swore to God that he didn't owe money to a neighbor was hit by lightning a minute later. |
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31 Aug 08
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Iraq and China Sign $3 Billion Oil Contract... Thanks Bush! Iraq and China signed a $3 billion deal this week to develop a large Iraqi oil field, the first major commercial oil contract here with a foreign company since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. |
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31 Aug 08
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The best Olympic photographs of 2008 (PICS) Beijing featured the fastest man in history, the greatest Olympian of all time and the most thrilling British performance in living memory: London has a lot to live up to. Here is a snapshot of what made the Games great this year |
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31 Aug 08
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Amazing Ice Sculptures [Pics] Some of these great ice sculptures are from Harbin, China, Alaska. And some from the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. Seems, creativity is cross-cultural and universal! |
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31 Aug 08
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Chinese Olympic Gymnast Not Upset by Age Dispute The Chinese gold-medal winning gymnast at the center of an Olympic age dispute isn't upset by the controversy. He Kexin -- who won two golds at the Beijing Olympics -- and four other members of China's women's gymnastics team were subject to persistent... |
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30 Aug 08
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London From Above, at Night [PICS] With the end of the Olympics in Beijing, all eyes turned for a moment to London, site of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics. While looking for good photographs of London, I was contacted by London photographer Jason Hawkes, who had some wonderful images of... |
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29 Aug 08
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China's Wild West - the fate of Uighurs - Muslim minority Unlike their Hollywood friendly brethren, the Tibetans, the Uighurs of northwestern China, claim to be an oppressed minority group that no one has ever heard of. That is, unless the Chinese government publicizes an attack by Uighur insurgents, such as the... |
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28 Aug 08
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Who owns the moon? Within the next 10 years, the U.S., China, Israel, and a host of private companies plan to set up camp on the moon. So if and when they plant a flag, does that give them property rights? |
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28 Aug 08
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FBI arrests blogger over leak of Guns N' Roses songs Federal authorities say they have arrested a blogger suspected of streaming songs from Guns N’ Roses unreleased album, “Chinese Democracy,” on his Web site. FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill on Wednesday morning on suspicion of vio... |
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27 Aug 08
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Michael Phelps Strokes His Way to $1.6M Book Deal Even before landing back in the US, Olympic swimming champ Michael Phelps, winner of 8 gold medals in Beijing, was converting his fame into a big pool of Yankee dollars.Phelps snagged an estimated $1.6 million advance from the Free Press imprint of Simon... |
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27 Aug 08
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Chinese Cop-Killer Becomes Internet Hero A Chinese man accused of murdering six policemen has attracted increasing levels of approval and adulation from internet users as his trial begins in Beijing. |
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27 Aug 08
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The 5 Slowest People in Sports During the Beijing Olympics, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt proved that he is, without a doubt, the fastest man in the world. It was fun watching him run, but I think I'd prefer to watch a race to determine the slowest man in sports, where whoever finishes... |
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27 Aug 08
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iPhone Factory Worker Girl Still Has Her Job China.org.cn reports on the photos posted to our forum last week of a Foxconn factory worker. Forum user markm49uk had found the photos on his brand new iPhone. |
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27 Aug 08
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The 15 Hottest Olympian Medalists Now that the games in Beijing have come to a close, it's time to reassess our rankings when it comes to the greatest female athletes in the world. Of course, if you visit our site very much, you already know that when we say "greatest," we actually mean... |
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26 Aug 08
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Can Future Olympic Cities Go Greener Than Beijing? After China's last-minute push to clean up for the games, the next three hosts aim to do better. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories. |
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26 Aug 08
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Beijing Olympics Gets Bigger U.S. Ratings Than Anything Ever More viewers than “Roots,” the “M*A*S*H” Finale and Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon! |
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25 Aug 08
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Lego Star Wars Olympics 2008 [Flickr Photo Set] Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |
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25 Aug 08
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News Analysis - After Glow of Games, What Next for China? The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing principle in national life. Almost nothing has superseded the Olympics as a political... |
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25 Aug 08
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Beijing's Biggest Losers Alicia Sacramone, USA Gymnastics -- Unlike teammates Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, Sacramone would just as soon forget her Olympic experience in Beijing. In addition to placing a disappointing fourth in the vault final--the team captain fell twice... |
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25 Aug 08
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US disappointed Olympics didn't open China more ''We encourage the government of China to demonstrate respect for human rights, including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, of all people during the Olympic Games and beyond,'' a U.S. Embassy statement said Sunday.''We are disappointed that... |
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25 Aug 08
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Top 10 Moments of The Beijing Olympics From Reuters a selection of the top 10 moments from the Beijing Olympics. |
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25 Aug 08
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America refuses to accept defeat in Olympic medal count As the memories of a sensational Games faded into memory, the Chinese nation was left to celebrate achieving its ultimate aim of heading the Olympic medals table for the first time in history.Unless you are in the U.S. where, strangely, you will discover... |
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25 Aug 08
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2008 Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony PHOTOS! |
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25 Aug 08
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300,000 Brick LEGO Production of the Olympic Village HKLUG presents LEGO Sport City. It is currently one of the most amazing LEGO productions ever in China. The theme of this city is the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Swimming Cube, Nest Sports Ground and Sport Village were built as a landmark of this LEGO... |
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24 Aug 08
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New China? Bird's Nest replaces Mao on Yuan Country's image makeover mostly cosmetic; most policies remain. If proof were needed that the Olympic Games are meant to give China an image makeover, look no further than the 10-yuan note: Chairman Mao is out, the Bird’s Nest is in. |
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24 Aug 08
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Jamaicans are clean, says Bolt and over 14 Triple Beijing Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt says Jamaica's best ever Games is the result of hard work and not doping. The 22-year-old's sensational performance in winning 100, 200 and 4x100... |
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24 Aug 08
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Did MLB Make Olympic Mistake by Not Sending Best Players? Major League Baseball had a significant opportunity to market the game via the Beijing Olympics, but by allowing a U.S. roster comprised of a mix of prospects and older fringe big leaguers, MLB has foregone that opportunity and likely sealed the sport's... |
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23 Aug 08
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Space junkies ask 'who owns the moon? Within the next 10 years, the U.S., China, Israel, and a host of private companies plan to set up camp on the moon. So if and when they plant a flag, does that give them property rights? |
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23 Aug 08
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Cheerleaders of the US Olympic Redeem Team Players At the Summer Games in Beijing this year, we stand a good shot at taking gold. And what better way to celebrate our chances with super hot chicks? (Hint: There is no better way.) |
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23 Aug 08
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Putting U.S. 'disaster' Games in the proper context Late Friday night in Beijing, Bryan Clay won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon, the first such victory for the United States since Dan O'Brien in 1996. It was immensely deserved and not altogether surprising: Clay was a silver medalist in 2004, a... |
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23 Aug 08
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China Blocks iTunes After Tibet Album Goes on Sale Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album. |
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22 Aug 08
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Face transplant 'double success' Successful results from two more face transplants will speed progress towards similar operations in other countries, say experts. The Lancet journal reported operations involving a bear attack victim in China, and a French patient with a massive facial... |
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22 Aug 08
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How Educational are Chinese Re-Education Camps? Two women in their late 70s were sentenced to "re-education-through-labor" by the Beijing police after they applied repeatedly for a permit to hold a protest. How much education actually happens at these re-education camps? Hint: Not much. |
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22 Aug 08
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It's Time to Kick Out Some Olympic Sports There's no question they're athletic, these muscled, agile women competing in Beijing. But the question remains: Should synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics remain Olympics sports? Both disciplines came of age in a not-so-distant era when women... |
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22 Aug 08
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6 Reasons Why the Jamaicans are Running Away with the Gold The short sprints at the Beijing Games have become a showdown between the United States and Jamaica, with Jamaica winning by an Usain Bolt-ian margin. It's the first time since the 1988 Seoul Games a country has captured both the men's (Bolt) and women... |
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22 Aug 08
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IOC To Launch Investigation Into Ages Of Chinese Gymnasts The International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes, saying "more information has come to light." "If there is a question mark and we have a concern, which we do,... |
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22 Aug 08
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Cowardly Olympic Committee President Rips the Wrong Guy All the promises made to get these Games — on Tibet, Darfur, pollution, worker safety, freedom of expression, dissident rights — turned out to be phony, perhaps as phony as the Chinese gymnasts’ birthdates Rogge was way too scared to investigate. |
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22 Aug 08
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17 Beijing 2008 Olympic Advertisements [PICS] You can see how different companies conveyed their marketing/promotion message for their products or services for the Olympic season. They want their customers to enjoy the spirits and adventures of Olympic with them. |
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21 Aug 08
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BREAKING: Eight American Bloggers Detained in Beijing At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch. |
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21 Aug 08
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Two Women Sentenced to ‘Re-education’ in China Here is some great Olympic News. The women were sentenced after they repeatedly sought a permit to demonstrate in an official Olympic protest area. |
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21 Aug 08
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U.S. Basketball Men Blow Out Australia Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team - and sure don't challenge them, either.Especially if it's going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form. Bryant scored 25 points in his best game in Beijing, and the men's U.S. Olympic team advanced to the... |
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20 Aug 08
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Stryde Hax: Hack the Olympics! There's been some widely publicized controversy regarding the competition age of the Chinese women's gymnastics team recently. I have an Internet connection, that means I should be able to verify the age of the gymnasts in question with primary... |
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20 Aug 08
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12 Sports Cut From The Olympics As the Beijing Olympics wind down, so do the runs of baseball and softball as Olympic medal sports. Although the two sports won’t be on the Olympic schedule for the 2012 Games in London, they won’t be alone; throughout the years the IOC has slash... |
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20 Aug 08
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Bolt Claims 200m Gold With Record Jamaica's Usain Bolt added the 200m crown to his Olympic 100m title in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds in Beijing. The 21-year-old, who won the 100m title in a world record of 9.69 secs, powered past the field to cross the line and break Michael... |
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20 Aug 08
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Golden Girls! A Big Day For U.S. Women Shawn Johnson won the balance-beam gold Tuesday night in the final event of women's gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Nastia Liukin took silver.This was a coronation.For American gymnastics royalty has a new power pair.Two good friends, one from... |
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20 Aug 08
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Deeper Beijing Pool Responsible For Tumbling Swimming Record Spectators at Beijing's Olympic swimming pool have witnessed some outlandish goings-on over the last couple of weeks: 25 world records have fallen, compared with eight at the Athens Olympics four years ago. Seven of them were broken by one swimmer,... |
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20 Aug 08
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Olympic BMX Motocross obstacle course (GRAPHIC) Four U.S. riders - three men, one woman - will compete in the BMX Motocross cycling events in Beijing. Riders reach speeds of 40 mph and heights of 12 to 15 feet above the big ramps. Runs last about 35 dirty seconds. |
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19 Aug 08
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After 8 Phelps Golds, 8 Questions on Beijing Super Pool With 20 world-best marks falling in Bejing, what's the scientific secret weapon? And while Olympians crushed 28 records in 1972, what makes Phelps and co. so much better than past swimmers? We crunch the numbers with the experts to answer these and other... |
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