Georgia vs Russia at the Beijing Olympics
On August 8th, while the Olympic teams were entering the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing at the opening ceremony of the XXIXth Olympic Games, Russian troops were entering Georgia, once a former Soviet Republic, now invaded by Russian Army, claiming they are acting as so called “peace-keepers”, like they always do. I will not write […]
Meet the Beijing Olympic Mascots – FuWa’s
It’s for the first time when instead of the usual one character for the Olympic mascot we’ve got a bunch of them. It seems that the Chinese want to impress with everything at these Olympic Games and they designed 5 cute characters to represent the 2008 Olympics. The designer of the 2008 Olympic mascots is […]
Plan and seats of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing
I wrote a review about the Olympic Stadium in Beijing some time ago and noticed that people also find this article when looking for the Beijing Olympic Stadium plan or trying to get a look at the Olympic Stadium seats. Since there’s no actual plan of the stadium presented in my previous review and there […]
New 10 RMB banknote to commemorate the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Exactly one month before the start of the Beijing Olympic Games the People’s Bank of China issues a commemorative 10 RMB bill. It features the newly built already iconic image of the National Stadium known as the Bird’s Nest on the front and the ancient Greek statue of a discus thrower “Discobolus” on the back. […]
My neighborhood getting ready for the Olympics!
Beijing is getting ready for the 2008 Olympics and the atmosphere of the Olympic Games approaching is everywhere. Even in my quiet neighborhood now you can see the red banners welcoming the games. It is quite funny actually, because they also translated the banners into English in an attempt to share the moment with laowai‘s […]
Beijing National Olympic Stadium (Bird’s Nest) Review
Almost 2 weeks ago I had a chance to visit the newly built pride and beauty of the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics – Beijing National Stadium (å??京å?½å®¶ä½?è?²å?º), also known as “Bird’s Nest” (鳥巢) during the hosting of “Good Luck Beijing 2008 SOHU.COM China Athletics Open”. It was a kind of audition before the Olympic Games […]
Pregătirile pentru Jocurile Olimpice de vară 2008 în Beijing
Pregătirile pentru jocurile Olimpice de vară 2008 în Beijing. Beijing-ul va fi gazda jocurilor Olimpice de vară ce sunt programate pentru perioada 8-24 august 2008. Data începerii jocurilor olimpice nu este aleatoare, ci a fost în mod special selectată de chinezi ca fiind o dată foarte norocoasă – ziua 08, luna 08, anul 2008. Chinezii […]
Olympic flames reach the top of the world!
I woke up this morning and as usually turned on the TV for the latest sweet news from CCTV9, only to find out that Olympic flames reached the summit at around 9:10 (our local time). Well done China! And my respect to the climbing team. From Mt. Olympus to Mt. Everest the Olympic torch went, […]
100-Day Countdown to the Olympics
Beijing and the whole China celebrates the 100-Day countdown to the Summer Olympic Games just before the May holidays. Some big manifestations were held around China with the main venue being Forbidden City and the Tian An Men square where for years already the main digital countdown display is located. I just happened to be […]