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When Beijing won the race to host the 2008 Olympic Games it caused a great sense of excitement and jubilation in China's capital. Beijing won out over Toronto, Paris, Osaka and Istanbul to become the first city in China to host an Olympic Games.


When the announcement was made by outgoing Olympic president Juan Antonio Samaranch, it was greeted with wild scenes of jubilation from the Chinese delegation in Moscow, and with fireworks in Beijing itself. More than 200,000 people packed into Tiananmen Square to celebrate the news - the largest spontaneous demonstrations since the democracy movement of 1989. From officially staged firework displays to spontaneous cheering and hooting of car horns from the massive crowds who brought the streets of Beijing to a near standstill, there was no doubting the genuine delight in China at the International Olympic Committee's decision. "Smiles everywhere, joy ignites," read the headline in the Beijing Morning Post. Even top political leaders, including President Jiang Zemin, joined the crowds, grinning broadly and hugging ecstatic revellers.


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Tuesday 9th February, 2010

  • China gives parents power to pull the plug on kids' web games

    Beijing News.Net

    New Delhi, February 8 : Parents in China can make use of a program that can help terminate their kids' online gaming accounts.

  • China closes 'biggest hacker site', arrests three

    Beijing News.Net

    Beijing, Feb 8 (DPA) Police have shut down China's biggest website for hackers and arrested three people suspected of selling malicious software and other hacking services, state media said Monday.

  • China recalls over 170 tons of contaminated milk powder in latest crackdown

    Beijing News.Net

    Beijing, Feb.8 : Chinese health monitoring authorities have recalled over 170 tons of milk powder during a ten -day nationwide crackdown on melamine-tainted dairy products.

  • China shuts down country's largest hacker training site

    Beijing News.Net

    Beijing, Feb.8 : China has shut down the country's biggest hacker training site in Central Hubei province.

  • Husky Makes Third Gas Discovery in South China Sea

    Rigzone

    (Click to Enlarge) Husky Oil China has made its third significant gas discovery on Block 29/26 in the South China Sea. The Liuhua 29-1 exploration well was drilled 43 kilometers northeast of the Liwa...

  • Husky Energy Announces Third Discovery in South China Sea

    Market Wire

    CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2010) - John C.S. Lau, President & Chief Executive Officer of Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE), is pleased to announce that Husky Oil China Ltd., a wholly owned subs...

  • Husky Energy announces third significant gas discovery in South China Sea

    Canadian Business

    CALGARY - Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) has announced its third significant discovery in the South China Sea. An exploration well in the waters south of Hong Kong tested natural gas at an equipment res...

  • China finds 170 tons of tainted milk powder that was repackaged

    USA Today

    China 's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been dest...

  • Canpotex makes potash sale to China

    CBC News

    The organization that markets potash for three Saskatchewan producers has announced a big sale to China. Canpotex said Monday it has reached an agreement with Sinofert, China's largest fertilizer ent...

  • U.S. engineer jailed 15 years for spying for China

    CBC News

    A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the U.S. space shuttle that prosecutors say he intended to share with China. The ...

  • U.S. engineer jailed 15 years for spying for China

    CBC News

    A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the U.S. space shuttle that prosecutors say he intended to share with China. The ...

  • Canpotex makes potash sale to China

    CBC News

    The organization that markets potash for three Saskatchewan producers has announced a big sale to China. Canpotex said Monday it has reached an agreement with Sinofert, China's largest fertilizer ent...

  • China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder

    Japan Today

    BEIJING — China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country’s 2008 milk scandal...

  • ABC dismisses 'ludicrous' China pressure claim

    ABC Australia

    ABC managing director Mark Scott says suggestions that the ABC decided not to screen a controversial film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer because of pressure from China are "ludicrous". The film's ...

  • 170 more tons of tainted milk found in China

    MSNBC

    BEIJING - A new discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder fro...

  • Former Boeing engineer gets 15 years in China spy case

    USA Today

    SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for hoarding sensitive information about the U.S. space shuttle that prosecutors say he intended t...

  • At least six dead, 30 hurt in China bus accident

    Vancouver Sun

    BEIJING - At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in rugged southwestern China on Monday when a bus plunged down a 300-metre valley, state media reported.The bus collided with another...

  • China Announces Arrests in Hacking Crackdown

    International Herald Tribune

    China have arrested three people and seized money and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in a crackdown on the country’s biggest commercial operation to train computer hackers, sta...

  • Arms deal chills U.S.-China ties

    Japan Times

    As expected, the $6.4 billion arms deal for Taiwan that Washington announced Jan. 29 has caused the temperature of the already chilly U.S-China relationship to plummet. Defensive in nature, the we...

  • Middle class Chinese march on Beijing over home seizures

    Canada.com

    Almost 1,000 Shanghai citizens have marched to Beijing on complaints against being thrown out of their homes ahead of the World Expo.The unprecedented protest by mostly middle-class demonstrators come...

  • At least six dead, 30 hurt in China bus accident

    Canada.com

    BEIJING - At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in rugged southwestern China on Monday when a bus plunged down a 300-metre valley, state media reported.The bus collided with another...

  • U.S.-China Friction: Why Neither Side Can Afford a Split

    Time

    It hasn't been a banner few weeks for U.S.-China relations. In mid-January, Google announced that it was contemplating pulling out of China because of repeated attacks on its network as well as censor...

  • Chicken Feet: A Symbol of U.S.-China Tension

    Time

    Chicken feet are a lowly thing. They scratch in the dust and shuffle over crowded cage floors. In the U.S. poultry market, feet usually end up being ground into parts for feed. But they are a delicacy...

  • China seizes more melamine-tainted milk powder

    Times of Oman

    BEIJING: Chinese inspectors tracing new cases of contaminated milk have shut dairy firms in the northwest and seized 72 metric tons of milk powder tainted with melamine, an industrial compound that ki...

  • China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder

    Examiner

    (AP Photo, File)FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products in a supermarket in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170...

  • China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder

    Examiner

    (AP Photo, File)FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products in a supermarket in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170...

  • China Closes Hacker Training School, Arrests 3

    eWeek

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  • China January Loan Growth, Consumer Prices Probably Accelerated

    Business Week

    Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China&rsquo;s banks probably made more new loans in January than the previous three months combined as lenders sought to head off a credit clampdown by policy makers seeking to s...

  • China Announces Arrests in Hacking Crackdown

    International Herald Tribune

    China have arrested three people and seized money and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in a crackdown on the country&rsquo;s biggest commercial operation to train computer hackers, sta...

  • Bus plunges down ravine in China, killing 7

    IOL

    Beijing - A bus collided with a sports utility vehicle on Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50. The official Xinhua News Agency, citing ...

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