China Travel Stories

China leads gold race, Phelps writes Games gold history

Date: 2008-8-13 20:35:00 by cactus Tags: Beijing Olympic

He looked a bit uncomfortable at times Wednesday. Perhaps because of the burden of Olympic history. Or, maybe his faulty goggles were to blame. But that was welcome, for he looked human, something the world needs to tell itself about a man who swims like a machine.

Michael Phelps is now the most decorated individual athlete (six golds in Athens five in Beijing) in the history of

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Beijing tourist spots strengthen security

Date: 2008-8-13 1:59:00 by jasmine Tags: Beijing Olympic

All tourist attractions in Beijing are required to beef up security checks in the wake of Saturday's attack on two American tourists and a Chinese tour guide at the city's Drum Tower, a senior tourism official said Tuesday.

Starting from Sunday, the Summer Palace became the first to check suspicious people and baggage with hand-held scanners.

The security measures

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Tourism hit as Beijingers stay home

Date: 2008-8-11 20:50:00 by iris Tags: Beijing Olympic

Beijingers are demonstrating their passion for the Olympics by staying home, and that is proving to be bad news for outbound tourism, industry insiders have said.

Lin Kang, deputy general manager of the outbound de-partment of the China Interna-tional Travel Service (CITS), said: "The outbound sector saw a slight increase in July, but in August it is down by 20-30 percent on

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