Americans and reporters go undercover to test the language skills of the Olympic volunteers. ...full story at ESWN
from ESWN on Fri, Aug 29 2008
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| 26 Aug 08 |
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YouTube video The throng of ticket holders for the Olympic closing ceremony in Beijing (including lucky me) approach the bespoke line 8 - itself lined with volunteers and military security checks. |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Who Serves Volunteers? » People's Daily Volunteers are scattered within every Olympic venue and service area, contributing much to the Olympic Games. As a volunteer, I am proud to see that volunteers' smiles have become Beijing's best name card. As we know, most volunteers come from... |
| 30 Apr 07 |
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More Bilingual Olympics Volunteers to Be Recruited » china.org.cn Beijing is looking to recruit 4,000 bilingual volunteers to provide language services during the 2008 Olympic Games. |
| 24 Mar 08 |
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180,000 youth volunteers in Xi'an » People's Daily According to statistics from the Xi'an Volunteers Association, there are already 180,000 young volunteers in the city of Xi'an who are dedicating themselves to people in need. With the approach of the 2008 Olympic Games, the number of vo ... |
| 08 Aug 08 |
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The Olympic Games by numbers » Countdown to Beijing 16 - days from opening to closing ceremony. 302 - events 21,600 - media accredited to the Games 70,000 - volunteers required 560,000 - applications to be volunteers (as of Aug. 1, 2007) 16,000 - athletes and officials accommodated in Olympic... |
| 03 Mar 08 |
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Call for shrine to honor volunteers » Shanghai Daily BEIJING should erect a monument to honor Olympic volunteers, said a deputy to the National People's Congress yesterday. "Besides the sports facilities, the Beijing Olympic Games should also leave some other tangible heritage for the nation," said Zhou... |
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