Archive for June, 2008
YOU WON $400!
Today when i opened my gmail mailbox, i saw there was an email said that i won USD 400 as a lucky one. I don’t think that it is a true notification. I have read lots of similar emails like this. Now there are too many junk mail in my mailbox. I want to register [...]
Call center to offer services in 9 languages
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A new call center that will primarily serve non-Chinese athletes and tourists during the Olympics is set to open in Chaoyang District. Folks who dial 9602008 will be able to access translation and information services in nine languages, reported Xinhuanet.
The plan was revealed at a meeting on Wednesday and serves as [...]
Jingjin Expressway to open in July
The main route of the Jingjin Expressway, which connects Beijing to Tianjin, is complete, reported Xinhuanet. The completed expressway is scheduled to open to traffic in July.
According to the Tianjin Municipal Construction Committee, connecting bridges, service areas, toll booths and parking lots along the expressway are complete.
Construction of the expressway, which starts at Xizhihe in [...]
Can’t Find a WC? Call for Help!
With the Olympics approaching, Beijing will be facing probably the heaviest tourist flow. To ensure that travelers can find restrooms when they need to “answer the call of nature”, the capital is city planning to publish a regulation for managing public toilets.
In the regulation that will become effective on July 1, travelers can dial a [...]
Beijing Take Measures on Olympic Traffic Control
Government departments in Beijing are actively reducing car use following the implementation of the new traffic rules for the Olympics.
According to the municipal government, 30 percent of government-owned cars in Beijing will be banned from roads as of July 1.
On Monday, the State Council also decided to halve the number of government vehicles in the [...]
Olympic Day Run held in Beijing
More than 1,000 Beijing sports fans, led by minister of General Administration of Sport and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee Liu Peng, took part in a distance run for the “Olympic Day Run” activity at the Beijing Sports University on June 22.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) set June 23 as “Olympic Day Run” in [...]
Beijing prepares overseas media volunteers for Olympics
The first lesson William Heathershaw learned in Beijing as an Olympic volunteer was how to use chopsticks.
Beijing started to train the first group of 292 overseas volunteers in media operations for the Olympics with a week-long course on Chinese culture at Tsinghua University here on Monday.
Twenty-four students, including Heathshaw, from the University of Iowa in [...]
Beijing to offer better religious services during Olympics
Beijing’s main religious venues are making preparations to offer better service during the August Olympiad when the city is expected to see an unprecedented influx of foreigners.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing, known as Nantang to locals, has been refurbished to embrace religious followers from the world over.
“Beijing Administration for Religious Affairs allocated [...]
Beijing in final sprint to successful Olympics
With 50 days to go till the start of the Beijing Olympics, Beijing is presenting the world with many new features.
The Olympic Village’s accommodation team has seen 2,700 employees and close to 5,000 volunteers on their work positions.
The first group of overseas volunteers from Iowa University in the United States, is scheduled to arrive in [...]
The president and the internet
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday hailed the 60th anniversary of the People’s Daily, the voice of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and extended his salute to all Chinese journalists.
After inspecting the People’s Daily, Hu encouraged reporters and editors to innovate their reporting styles and bring into a full play the paper’s leading role.
He [...]
