|
 |
JUL 8, 2008
Getting Your Point Across
Reuters
(Photo essay) Wei Shengchu, 58, a supporter of traditional Chinese medicine, poses for photos in front of Beijing Railway Station with his head covered with acupuncture needles depicting 205 national flags and an Olympic torch.
Read more...
JUL 8, 2008
Beijing: this rubbish revolution won’t be permanent
The Times
In the run-up to the Olympics, China is changing. But who knows if it will stay the same after the Games. Beijing is obsessed with saving face in front of visitors. And in the run-up to the Olympics, that means, even down the backstreets, that garbage must vanish.
Read more...
JUL 8, 2008
Music as Cultural Diplomacy: Perspectives and experiences from musicians, academics and diplomats
Cultural Diplomacy News
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy which took place between the 23rd and 27th of June covered a range of different topics related to culture and its purpose in achieving diplomacy. Among some of the topics presented at the symposium were business, environment, art and sport, including a seminar on “music as cultural diplomacy”.
Read more...
JUL 7, 2008
‘Ha-pi-tu-mi-te-yu’ is the greeting as Beijing welcomes the Olympics
The Canadian Press
In the seven years since the Olympic movement anointed Beijing as host of the 2008 Summer Games, China's capital has undergone a transformation so thoroughgoing that "makeover" doesn't begin to describe the change.
Read more...
JUL 7, 2008
Mao dropped from new China note
BBC News
For the first time in nearly a decade China is issuing new banknotes without the image of Chairman Mao Zedong. The 10 yuan ($1.5; £0.75) notes instead feature Beijing's new Olympic stadium on the front, with an ancient Greek statue of a discus thrower on the back.
Read more...
Previous posts : « First < 18 19 20 21 22 > Last »
|
|
|
SEND TO FRIENDS
