The Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium will serve as one of the Football venues during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The stadium lies inside the Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre on the ...

Stadium architect Ai Weiwei refused to ... times the cost of the 2004 Games in Athens. For instance, Beijing 2008 was the first Olympic Games to provide a Wi-Fi connection to journalists so ...

Fireworks across China's capital as a crowd of more than 90,000 at the landmark "Bird's Nest" National Stadium watched ... Johnson received the Olympic flag from Beijing Mayor Go Jinlong.

NEW YORK (CNN)-- It's a historic event taking place on an international stage that's been seven years and $40 billion in the making. Opening ceremonies last week of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games ...

but also a rendition of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and music written specifically for the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games. The official ceremony began with IPC President Sir Philip Craven and ...

Beijing's spectacular National Stadium, known as the "Bird's Nest", is the centrepiece of the Olympic Games. The opening and closing ceremonies take place here, as do all track and field events, and ...

BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium on August 8 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ...

Known as "Diamond of the Bohai Gulf", Tianjin is the gateway to the Chinese capital Beijing ... the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium covers 78,000 square meters, with a seating capacity of 60 ...

One week into the 17-day event, China seems to be meeting its formidable COVID-19 Olympic challenge with a so-called “bubble” that allows Beijing Games participants to skip quarantine but ...

The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 p.m. China Standard Time (UTC+8) on August 8, 2008, as 8 is ...

Beijing has many hurdles to jump before it will be ready to bring bobsled, curling and the skeleton to the region. But we’re more worried about its human rights record — and China’s track record when ...