A senior consultant with The Global Group which has investment in China said here on Wednesday that China, through the Beijing Olympics, will amaze the world. Keith Bennett, who is also committee member of the “48 Group Club”, widely known for its icebreaking role in opening trading with China over 50 years ago, has been frequently visiting China for bilateral business engagement since 1981. “We are just a few weeks away from August 8th, the opening of the Beijing Olympics. The games are g

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BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games) is giving you one more shot at getting Olympic tickets . Friday, July 25, at 9 a.m., Phase 4 tickets go on sale at box offices around Beijing. BOCOG says there are 820,000 tickets left, 250,000 of which are for competitions taking place in the capital. There will be a two-ticket per person purchase limit. A list of ticket booths is below. The BBC’s Olympic venue map is a great place to start if you don’t know the location of an Olymp

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By Hua Ming The Epoch Times Jul 24, 2008 Share: Facebook Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon The gold medal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (AFP/Getty Images) As the Beijing Olympics approaches, Chinese people hope that their country will out do the U.S. in gold medals. According to recent reports, China is gradually becoming the top sports country in the world—China is to surpass the U.S. in gold medal totals to be the top gold medal winner in the world. At the Athens Olympics fou

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Fun editorial on statesmanship and the Olympics in ‘The Forward’ by Justin Goldstein · Thursday, July 24th, 2008 A sampling from the brief editorial: When the Olympic torch is formally lit August 8 in the Bird’s Nest, China’s odd-looking new Olympic stadium, and the sky above Beijing explodes with what officials promise will be a “spectacular” fireworks display (in the very “birthplace of gunpowder,” as a government press release artlessly points out), a few key figures will be conspicuously

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Copper prices tumbled to a five-week low Thursday on expectations that falling demand from China and a slowdown in the U.S. housing market will lead to a surplus of the metal.

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