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What impact will the Olympics have on China? It will definitely elevate their status in the world. Pretty much like the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 and in Seoul in 1988 - they used that as a symbol for national glory. We keep assuring [Beijing] that we in Taiwan would like...
The rest of the world knows that this Olympic sport is ripe for an American invasion. "I tell people all the time that if the U.S. starts playing team handball," says David Davis of Spain, "it's over for the rest of the world." It may be too late for...
Though no match for the missile launchers and shock troops that surround Beijing's Bird's Nest, security has been stiff at Hong Kong's Shatin complex. A tight knot of privately contracted guards have staked out the venue for the 2008 Olympics' equestrian events, as spectators watch horses undergo...
The Beijing Olympics may boast one of the coolest natatoriums in Olympic history - the luminescent bubble-wrapped confection called the 'Water Cube' - but Chinese swimmers weren't expected to make much of a splash in its pool lanes. But Liu Zige, a 1.81m (5'11") butterfly specialist, had other...
There's little question that China desperately wants its team to avoid scandal in Beijing. Any drug-tainted performance will be a huge loss of face for a country that wants to prove that its athletic successes can come naturally. In the run-up to Beijing, just before American swimmer...