BEIJING - OLYMPIC GAMES
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, China's dynamic capital, is preparing to host more than 550,000 visitors and 10,500 athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games starting August 8.
To follow the progress of the Olympic torch as it makes it way toward Beijing, watch our weekly broadcast "On the Road to Beijing."
The Olympic Games censored on TV?
The lighting of the Olympic torch was broadcast to the world through a delayed live transmission, leaving the door open to censorship. Will this also be the case for the Olympic Games?
China off US list of worst human rights abusers
The US dropped China from its list of the world's worst human rights violators, but added Syria, Uzbekistan and Sudan to their human rights annual report released Tuesday.
Doping: Beijing 2008 challenge
The spectre of doping scandals haunts any sports competition. However much Chinese authorities hope to organise a clean event, they won't be able to avoid cheating.
BMX enters the Olympics
A new sport will make its first appearance at the Olympics: BMX. Young and fresh, it is nonetheless a very physical and competitive sport.
Pour aller plus loin
- 22/04/2008 : Manaudou withdraws from 200m freestyle at Olympics
- 15/04/2008 : French athletes denied controversial badges
- 23/03/2008 : Olympics can bring change to China, Rogge says
- 17/03/2008 : EU rejects calls to boycott China Olympics
- 29/02/2008 : Beijing opens new airport terminal for Olympics
- 13/02/2008 : 'Dope-free' pigs for the Olympics
- 13/02/2008 : Volunteer translators advised to be prudent
- 12/02/2008 : Spielberg bows out of Olympics
- 13/02/2008 : China: Olympic crisis?
- 13/02/2008 : Beijing Games security reinforced
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politics in the Games
04/05 Jacques Rogge, IOC president
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Olympics: a boycott history
Story by Gulliver Cragg
