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If it weren't for the Beijing Olympics, China's sports system might have become liberalized the way the rest of Chinese society has. For more than two decades, the People's Republic boycotted the Olympic movement to protest rival Taiwan's participation. When China finally rejoined the Games in...
But with Beijing 2008, the sports system has gone into overdrive. After 2001, the annual budget for the Sports Ministry increased to $714 million, from $428 million the year before. "With the Olympics in Beijing, we want to make sure we do very well," says Hao Qiang, head of the...
For that to happen, public transportation has to solve its big chicken-and-egg problem. Most people don't want to use trains, buses or bikes unless they're really convenient, but most cities aren't willing to spend enough to make these services convenient until enough people start using...
To get a snapshot of the choices they're making now, Time found three teens willing to let us glimpse a day in their lives, then reported back to Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition at New York University and author of What to Eat, for her opinion. There are worrisome...
The photograph accompanying "A Brief History Of: The GI Bill" contained what appeared to be one black and 10 white individuals [June 9]. Ironically, this represents exactly the kind of disproportionate access to GI Bill advantages that were available to returning GIs. The sad truth is that while the government...