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05 Aug
(CNN) — You don’t have to be a basketball fan to look up to Yao Ming, who at 7-feet-6-inches (2.29 meters) is now the tallest active player in NBA basketball.
Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming is China’s most famous sports icon.
Nor do you have to be a sports buff to recognize his giant physique [...]
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04 Aug
Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the second full dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 2, 2008. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the second full dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, capital [...]
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04 Aug
Premier Wen Jiabao shoots a basketball during a trip to the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, August 3, 2008. (Xinhua)
Premier Wen Jiabao (R) receives a basketball signed by all the players of the Chinese men’s basketball team from China’s center Yao Ming during a trip to the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, August 3, 2008. (Xinhua)
Chinese Premier [...]
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02 Aug
Torchbearer You Lihong (R) poses with the next torchbearer Wei Hong during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in north China’s Olympics co-host city Tianjin, August 1, 2008.(Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Zhang Gaoli (R), secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), hands over the torch to the first torchbearer Kong Xiangrui [...]
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02 Aug
BISHKEK, July 29 (Xinhua) — “The Olympic aspiration of ‘One World, One Dream’ will definitely come true in Beijing,” Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev told a collective interview by Chinese reporters on Tuesday.
The Olympiad is a global event reflecting a common aspiration of people around the world for peace and sportsmanship, he said.
The Chinese government and [...]
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02 Aug
The cartoon shows two 110m hurdles athletes, Liu Xiang from China, Robles from Cuba , who will compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.(Xinhua Photo/Meng Lijing)
The cartoon shows two male gymnasts, Li Xiaopeng from China and Kim Dae Eun from the Republic of Korea, who will compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.(Xinhua Photo/Zhou Yongmin)
The [...]