FILE - Student activists, some wearing masks with the colors of the pro-independence East Turkistan flag, shout slogans during a rally to protest the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, outside the ...

July 13, 2001, proved to be a pivotal moment for China and the world. This is when Beijing won the hosting rights for the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The architect behind the unlikely ...

In the mid-2000s, Team USA men's basketball was in poor shape. It had just won a mere bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and narrowly avoided a semifinal round loss in the 2000 Olympics, and ...

If the thousands of free condoms handed out to Olympic athletes this year are any indication, even the sourest of Olympic experiences are expected to end with a smile. Maybe even a smoke. After all, ...

BEIJING: BOCOG, Beijing's organising committee for the 2008 Olympics, has confirmed its selection of Hill & Knowlton (H&K) as its public relations agency. The announcement follows a multi-agency pitch ...

The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...