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Beijing 2008 Olympics
The Beijing 2008 Olympics will begin August 8, 2008. Find out all about it at the official website here.
New! Can you name all the Olympic sporting events in Chinese? Go to Chinesepod's new interactive Olympics page at this site to read and listen to the words for all the sporting events. You'll also be able to see and hear the names of all the countries participating in the Olympics, see a map of the Olympics stadium, and find podcasts about Olympic related events.
Who are the FUWA? What do their names represent? Find out here.
Going to Beijing to this summer? When you get hungry you'll need to order food in the local Chinese restaurants. Learn how to say the names of all kinds of common (and not so common) Chinese dishes on this site.
New! Watch and listen to the music video of the theme song Beijing Welcomes You on youtube. It is performed by many celebrities from China and Hong Kong including Jackie Chan!
To see the video with English subtitles go here.
To see it with Chinese characters go here.
To download the lyrics of this song in both characters and pinyin along with the English translation go here:
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal discussed the prominence of Chinese women in the Olympics. See the video:
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