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Middle Name? No Problem Now

Foreigners with middle names should now be able to share this man’s joy when picking up Olympic tickets (Imaginechina via AP Images) An update on the middle name/Olympic tickets situation we wrote about earlier this week: The ticketing center of... ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Thu, Jun 19 2008

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16 Jun 08 visit Another Olympic Ticketing Headache  »  China Journal How are Olympic tickets like plane tickets in China? In both cases, it seems, the name you use to book your ticket has to match the name on your passport–exactly. (Imaginechina via AP Images) Today was the first day that Olympics tickets booked...
16 Jun 08 visit Olympics tickets can be obtained at ticket sales outlets  »  People's Daily According to the Beijing Olympic ticketing call center, from June 16th until July,the Beijing ticketing center will notify the public to get their tickets at Olympic ticket sales outlets. People who successfully booked Olympic Games tickets ...
24 Sep 07 visit Many still need to pay for Games' tickets  »  People's Daily A large number of people who secured tickets for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the first stage of sales have still to complete payment procedures, Olympic Ticketing Center officials said yesterday. Starting from tomorrow, those who s ...
09 May 08 visit Macquarie's tumbling Olympic fund  »  Danwei Torch on the roof of the world This roundup of the week's sports news is by China Sports Today • The week in sports got off to a rough start for most people who tried to buy tickets in Phase 3 of Olympic ticketing. The BOCOG ticketing site didn't cra...
07 May 08 visit Huge rush for Olympic tickets  »  Shanghai Daily THE third batch of domestic Olympic tickets for Beijing venues were sold out within two days after the sales started at 9am on Monday, according to the official Olympic Website. Tickets for the soccer tournament...

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