Beijing started its drastic traffic control plan Sunday in a last-minute push to clear the capital's pollution-choked skies in time for the August Olympics.
Airlines are being told to stay away from Beijing's airport during the opening ceremony of the Olympics and further scrutiny is being applied to foreign entertainers in the latest security moves ahead of next month's games.
CNN's monthly program, "Countdown Beijing: Chasing the Dream," profiles the athletes who hope to represent their nations in Beijing, and the issues and stories in the build-up to the Games in August.
China's inflation fell to 7.1 percent in June, the government reported Thursday, possibly easing pressure on Beijing to raise interest rates or take more drastic steps to cool sharp rises in consumer prices
Concern for the future of the Games and current geopolitical realities have made Olympic boycotts a relic of the Cold War
My last houseguest had 13 restaurants on his to-try list, including three renowned for succulent versions of crisp-skinned Peking duck, one popular for its tongue-tingling Sichuan cuisine and a Uighur joint, known as much for the ethnic minority's cumin-spiced lamb skewers as its exuberant floor show.
A draconian set of industrial and traffic cutbacks will help clear the skies over the notoriously noxious capital in time for the Olympics. But it's only a quick fix
If you needed a reminder, crossbows will be banned at Beijing Olympic venues.
Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.
This year's Summer Olympic Games have been seen as China's coming-out party, destined to be as significant for the host country as the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were for Japan.
Beijing started its drastic traffic control plan Sunday in a last-minute push to clear the capital's pollution-choked skies in time for the August Olympics.
Airlines are being told to stay away from Beijing's airport during the opening ceremony of the Olympics and further scrutiny is being applied to foreign entertainers in the latest security moves ahead of next month's games.
CNN's monthly program, "Countdown Beijing: Chasing the Dream," profiles the athletes who hope to represent their nations in Beijing, and the issues and stories in the build-up to the Games in August.
China's inflation fell to 7.1 percent in June, the government reported Thursday, possibly easing pressure on Beijing to raise interest rates or take more drastic steps to cool sharp rises in consumer prices
Concern for the future of the Games and current geopolitical realities have made Olympic boycotts a relic of the Cold War
My last houseguest had 13 restaurants on his to-try list, including three renowned for succulent versions of crisp-skinned Peking duck, one popular for its tongue-tingling Sichuan cuisine and a Uighur joint, known as much for the ethnic minority's cumin-spiced lamb skewers as its exuberant floor show.
A draconian set of industrial and traffic cutbacks will help clear the skies over the notoriously noxious capital in time for the Olympics. But it's only a quick fix
If you needed a reminder, crossbows will be banned at Beijing Olympic venues.
Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.
This year's Summer Olympic Games have been seen as China's coming-out party, destined to be as significant for the host country as the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were for Japan.
Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again.
Hounded by religious extremists, the only woman on the country's Olympic team vanishes. Is she seeking asylum? Or has something worse happened?
President Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, the White House announced Thursday.
The swift dismissals of two local officials and extensive coverage of protests in the remote town of Weng'an may signal a more open attitude as the Olympics Games draw near
This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that could have been plucked from science fiction.
Security concerns have prompted China to tighten visa requirements, choking off the flow of visitors to the capital
A forest of blue-green algae is choking the coastal waters near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, causing problems and threatening Olympic events scheduled there
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The United States took a small first step on the march to Beijing on Saturday.
CNN's global network of affiliates will be providing dispatches from their countries on the Olympics. The aim is to give viewers around the world what the Olympic pulse is in various nations.
The 17-day games were supposed to generate a buzz throughout the summer, leading to a tourism windfall with fully booked hotels and free-spending customers. But Beijing's summer tourism season has been slow
China's new found wealth has seen an explosion in the number of new developments springing up in what is, arguably, the world's biggest building boom.
An effort to clean Beijing's air ahead of the Olympics by removing cars from its clogged roads began Monday, but there was no immediate difference in the capital.
Half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles will be pulled off the roads during the Olympics to help clean the city's noxious air for the game
Enwei Lien's job title belies the unusual duties he has performed in the past few months.
China puts off a meeting with the Dalai Lama at a critical point in the Tibetan leader's ability to manage his followers
Differences over a wide range of issues surfaced in a contentious meeting late last month between Beijing organizers and TV executives
In the aftermath of the earthquake, simply being present in the disaster zone helped connect the government to the people
As Bus No. 37 pulled up at the Wangfujing stop near his office, Chris Tsao watched the line of waiting passengers quickly dissipate into a familiar scene of mild chaos as they pressed their way onto the standing-room-only bus.
Earthquake relief efforts have prompted Chinese officials to postpone the penultimate leg of the Olympic torch relay to Beijing, organizers said.
The powerful earthquake that has so far killed thousands of people in central China has left its mark on more than half of the vast nation.
The death toll in China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42 children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case Wednesday, state media said.
Hip-hop performer will.i.am is no stranger to the political arena -- having spearheaded the Internet-favorite "Yes We Can" music video in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The cryptic language in China's official media appears to lean that way, but the basic disagreements between the two sides may be impossible to bridge
About this time every year, a few months before the Summer Olympics begin, there is often a certain amount of anxiety. Usually, it relates to whether all the facilities will be constructed in time for the sappy opening ceremonies. And usually, everything comes together, and fellowship and brotherhood once again reign on earth.
Viewpoint: Few of them have taken a stand on China's human rights abuses. But athletics and politics should not remain separate
"Beijing Journal" is an occasional series examining everyday people preparing for the 2008 Summer Games. In his series, journalist Steven Jiang reports how the approaching Olympics is affecting the lives of people in Beijing and other places in China.
Great Britain's Olympic athletes are choosing a gambling mecca in southern China over Beijing as a place to train and rest until just prior to their events during the 2008 Summer Games, a British team official says.
The Olympic torch arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of Communist North Korea, on Monday in the latest leg of its controversial global relay ahead of this year's Beijing Games in neighboring China.
After dramatic plunges that followed a manic rise, the authorities have cut a transaction-tax to lure investors back into equities
Worried that more athletes may skip events, the 2008 Summer Games host city announces more industrial closures and a ban on spray painting
The Olympic torch relay will be closed to the public when it reaches Pakistan on Wednesday because of security concerns, a Pakistani government spokesman told CNN.
The United Nations secretary general has joined a growing list of high-profile leaders who have indicated they will not attend the Olympic Games' opening ceremony in Beijing, as the troubled torch relay moved to Argentina on Friday.
Islamic terrorists planned to attack Beijing, Shanghai and other Chinese locations with poisonous gas and explosives to sabotage the Summer Olympic Games, China announced Thursday.
Beijing announces it has cracked down on two terror groups planning mayhem for the Olympics. But some are skeptical
A perfect storm is gathering for Beijing's inflexible rulers and it is inextricably linked to the Olympic Games
I'm standing in an elevator on the ground floor of the Information Science and Technology building at Tsinghua University in Beijing. It's a cold, sunny morning. A stiff breeze has banished the city's habitual blanket of brownish-gray smog, and the air outside is crystalline. I start to introduce my translator to Shen Tong, an American entrepreneur, and his team of Chinese engineers and sales representatives. But Tong shakes his head sharply, and I fall silent. We are not alone.
Activists protesting China's crackdown in Tibet briefly disrupted the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony in Greece on Monday, calling for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing later this year.
The Olympic torch begins a 130-day, 85,000-mile journey Monday that will take it from the site of ancient Olympia in Greece to Beijing, China, where the 2008 summer games will begin in August.
China's threats to crush the Tibetan uprisings were followed by protests in Britain and India on Saturday, while European politicians again raised the prospect of boycotting the Beijing Olympics if violence continues.
The communist government's leading newspaper called Saturday to "resolutely crush" Tibetan demonstrations
Beijing says it doesn't meddle in the affairs of other countries, but its fingerprints are on a crackdown on pro-Tibet activists in Nepal
BEIJING -- Padres and Dodgers players milled around the field of the Wukesong Baseball Stadium last Saturday and peered out from their dugouts, wondering what was going on. It was 15 minutes before the scheduled first pitch of the first major league baseball game to be played in China, but where was the entertainment? The players had watched the traditional Chinese drum troupe practicing after their own workout the day before, and at least some were looking forward to watching the performance.
The withdrawal of the world's leading marathon runner from this summer's event over concerns about air quality highlights the stakes in a spat between Chinese authorities and an American researcher
They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon.
The director's withdrawal from the 2008 Olympics was a public relations disaster for Beijing, but China could have bigger problems on its hands if others follow
On Feb. 5 a court in Hangzhou sentenced dissident journalist Lu Gengsong to four years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" with his critical essays about the ruling Communist Party. Lu responded by yelling, "Long live democracy!" Then he was taken away.
North and South Korea agreed Monday to send their first joint cheering squads with a total of 600 members to this summer's Beijing Olympics in a move toward reconciliation
Peter Wu is brimming with pride. "Have I told you that I'm a father now?" asks the 35-year-old Beijing resident. "My wife just gave birth to a baby girl!"
Beijing residents gathered across China's capital on August 8 to witness events marking the start of the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games.
With a year to go before the 2008 Olympics get under way, questions linger over China's efforts to improve its human rights record.
The humiliation of the mainland's nemesis at the polls could help ease tensions between China and its "rebel" province
AN URBAN MAKEOVER for the ages is taking place in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. When the festivities begin next August, China's capital will be home to a dozen new competition venues, 17 miles of new subway lines, and three times as much new greenery as New York's Central Park. The centerpiece is the soon-to-be-completed National Stadium, dubbed the Bird's Nest (right), which will host the opening and closing ceremonies and major track and field events.
China Fashion Week ended yesterday as the country's top designers proudly showcased homegrown haute couture on the Beijing runway. But the world's largest textile and apparel industry has been battered in recent months.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) should consider a country's record in human and animal rights, as well as its respect for the environment, before granting the said country the honor of hosting the Olympics. The 2008 Beijing Olympics is a result of polical concession and lobbying by prominent businesses. Oscar Lei, Toronto, Canada
With a crucial party congress approaching, security forces in the Chinese capital are cracking down on potential "troublemakers"
Hungry visitors to next summer's Beijing Olympics won't have to choose between "steamed crap" and "virgin chicken" if Chinese authorities succeed in ridding restaurant menus of mangled English translations.
Two Chinese brothers who tunneled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.
One of the best times to visit China's capital, some tourist guidebooks say, is in August, despite temperatures that can soar as high as 40 degrees Centigrade -- and despite the rain.
Despite a persistent gray haze, officials said Tuesday an exercise that removed more than 1 million private vehicles a day from Beijing's gridlocked streets was a success that could mean a clearer sky during next summer's Olympics.
City officials yanked hundreds of thousands of cars off Beijing's streets Friday to test whether a partial car ban could clear threatening smog during the 2008 Olympics
China is spending billions on high-tech systems to protect athletes, and it's raising concerns among political activists
Construction is on track for the 2008 Games, but is Beijing ready for the environmental and political challenges?
CNN International airs "Countdown Beijing," a special week of programming running August 4-12.
Embarrassed by recent scandals over the safety of Chinese food products, organizing officials for next year's Beijing Olympics spelled out high-tech plans Monday to make sure healthy food is delivered to the 10,500 athletes.
Xe Jing is feeling nervous. "The Olympics is approaching, everyone is getting more nervous," says the 30-something Beijing cab driver. Xe has been driving around the city's streets for years. But lately, cab drivers such as Xe have been picking up some unwelcome passengers -- work colleagues sent to check on them.
Despite hopes that hosting the Games would prompt an easing on human rights in China, dissidents say they've seen no sign of a change
China posted a record trade surplus of $26.9 billion in June as exporters rushed shipments ahead of tax rebate cuts, handing more ammunition to critics who say Beijing's weak currency gives it an unfair trade advantage.
In an attempt to reunify Chinese Catholics, Benedict XVI sends a conciliatory letter to believers in the People's Republic
China warned the media Tuesday against exaggerating its food safety problems and stirring consumer panic, even as officials announced dozens of snacks for children had failed standards and more fake blood protein was found in hospitals
Under pressure after a U.S. move against Chinese seafood and a huge recall of Chinese toothpaste in Japan, Beijing urged trade partners on Friday to accept its products unless they violate contract terms or local regulations.
To her Chinese friends -- and Web audience of hundreds of thousands -- she's "Su Fei."
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United Airlines won the license to operate the first nonstop daily flight between Washington and Beijing, a 14-hour trip that links the countries' capitals as their economies become more intertwined.
By the time it was all said and done, an astonishing $22 billion had been vacuumed up in a matter of hours. So frenzied was the desire for this initial public offering - the largest in history - th...
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Dusty, windswept, yet shielded by mountains from the encroaching Gobi desert, Beijing represents the might of China's rulers from Kublai Khan to Chairman Mao. Once one of the four Great Ancient capitals, twice the largest city on Earth, Beijing reigns supreme over the world's most populated country: from the Forbidden City to Tiananmen Square, it is China's political epicenter and the figurehead of Chinese culture.
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Artist Zhang Dali has highlighted the rapid social changes sweeping through China with a provocative mix of graffiti, photography and sculpture.
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Few doubt that the 2008 Summer Games to be held in Beijing will be the most spectacular and extravagant sporting event in the Olympic movement's history.
The Spark team is in China, and Kristie Lu Stout is blogging on the road. Bookmark this page to read her daily journal.
Hong Kong's new leader has been sworn in at a ceremony in Beijing, completing the first leadership change in the former British colony since it returned to Chinese rule eight years ago.
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