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Beijing Olympics: Chinese told to watch opening ceremony at home

telegraph.co.uk     4 hrs ago   665 related          

While China invited the world to its Olympic coming-out parade, for the ordinary people of the host city Beijing there was scant chance to join in the festivities. By Peter Foster in Beijing Across the city, giant screens which...                    

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Brendan O'Neill: The west's fairytale of Tiananmen

guardian.co.uk     9 hrs ago   93 related          

The shadow of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 looms large over the Beijing games. Many have accused the Chinese of trying to control international perceptions of Tiananmen Square – Beijing's "blackened heart", as one...                    

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Beijing Olympics: UK firm to give up to 1.2bn Chinese a modern take on the five ancient elements

guardian.co.uk     9 hrs ago   14 related          

Link to this video When a potential audience of 1.2 billion Chinese people tune in to state broadcaster CCTV today to catch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, they will be greeted by a rousing title sequence created...                    

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France's diplomatic duo

economist.com     5 hrs ago   27 related          

Carla and Sarko meet the Asians FASCINATION with Carla Bruni has jumped the Atlantic: France's first lady graces the cover of September's Vanity Fair, which features a lengthy article on her life pre- and post-marriage to...                    

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Lavish ceremony opens Beijing Olympics

ft.com     7 hrs ago   20 related          

China on Friday launched the Beijing Olympics with a vast and stunningly choreographed opening ceremony intended to showcase the glories of its civilisation and its embrace of a cosmopolitan modernity. Amid glittering...                    

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mirror.co.uk: Gymnast lights Games torch in high wire stunt mirror.co.uk

Daredevil highwire act launches Games

reuters.co.uk     57 mins ago   8 related          

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's "Prince of Gymnastics" Lin Ning launched the Beijing Olympics on Friday by lighting the cauldron in a daredevil highwire act that had the crowd in the Bird's Nest stadium gasping in astonishment.                    

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Beijing gears up for opening ceremony

metro.co.uk     10 hrs ago   19 related          

President of Beijing University Xu Zhihong, centre, holds the Olympic flame as assistants light the safety box which will transport the torch to alight the cauldron in the National Stadium, to signal the start of the Beijing...                    

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Beijing Olympics: Zhang Yimou - the director behind the opening ceremony

telegraph.co.uk     4 hrs ago   10 related          

When it came to compressing hundreds of years of Chinese history into a single dazzling display, blockbuster film director Zhang Yimou was the obvious choice for Beijing's Olympic planners. Now his country's most commercially...                    

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An amateur pipe band star at the opening ceremony of the Olympics

bbc.co.uk     7 hrs ago   5 related          

The musicians were among thousands of performers at the opening ceremony An amateur pipe band from Scotland has performed four songs at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The 16 musicians from the Mains of Fintry...                    

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Olympics open in resurgent China

reuters.co.uk     4 hrs ago   7 related          

BEIJING (Reuters) - Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with volleys of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that wove ancient Chinese history with modern wizardry and aimed to draw a line under months of political...                    

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