Bush defends decision to attend Olympics opening

NBC Plans New Olympic TV Channels - 2008 Olympics – Sports and News from China – The New York Times

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 7/6/2008 on olympics.blogs.nytimes.com

NBC Universal, which will broadcast the Beijing Games in the United States, will start four new dedicated cable channels in August that could be available to 80 million TV households, company officials said. One channel will be devoted exclusively to ...

In China even the Clouds are a State Secret

twinkle709 posted 7/6/2008 from www.unmadeinchina.org

An immense cloud of yellow dust originating from the deserts of northern China and Mongolia is in the process of taking its annual trip east, where it will arrive in Japan and South Korea with its toxic cargo. The yellow dust season that runs from March to May would only be of interest to meteorologists were it not for the fact that its route passes through some of the Chinese regions ...

LeBron. Phelps. Sercombe?

And One posted 7/6/2008 from www.bthesite.com

Matthew Sercombe has been training for more than two decades for an opportunity like this. He’s battled through intense heat, grueling 12-hour-plus days and high-pressure situations to become one of the best among his peers. So when he was asked to represent the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, the 39-year-old Charles Village resident jumped at the chance.

China Needs Water!

twinkle709 posted 7/6/2008 from www.unmadeinchina.org

According to the World Health Organization, 700 million Chinese citizens lack healthy running water. Today, over half the population of China consumes drinking water which is contaminated with high levels of industrial pollutants and animal and human excrement. The water quality of most Chinese rivers, lakes and groundwater is substandard and hazardous to human health, due to industrial and ...

Drug net closes as China readies for clean Games -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China New

Steroid Nation found this 7/7/2008 on www.shanghaidaily.com

CHINA'S top backstroke swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng has been banned for life for doping, reminding us that the drug net is closing in on athletes prepared to cheat their way to glory at the Beijing Olympics. Ouyang, No. 3 in the world in the 100-meters ...