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The Olympic games in Beijing kick off on the eighth day of the eight month of 2008. They are the symbol of a China which is moving, although it doesn’t know exactly where to. A glance at sporting traditions and human rights as the sports world descends on the far east
Westwards from China and seven hours behind, Europe becomes 27 squares where its Chinese socialise freely from Paris to Prato, consolidate a lingua franca and nurture a ‘cultural conversion’. The sound on a normally silent immigrant community is turning up
How western Europeans use the word 'China' to express being stressed, arrogant or insignificant
62, 664 have died and five million are homeless since the 7.9 magnitude quake on 12 May. The EU has pledged two million euros in aid
Environmentally conscious cyclists regularly battle errant cars in European cities
A huge victory for some, enormous disappointment for others. For the first ever time, the Olympic torch has been extinguished under mass pressure, as Europe makes itself heard
To boycott or not to boycott the Peking Olympic Games, Europe's MEPs ask, a mozzarella crisis and Sarkozy honeymooning at 10 Downing Street - it's your latest from Brussels
As the tension between the Tibetan monks versus Chinese control escalates, we hear a 25-year-old Swiss tourist's version of events after a week in the capital, Lhasa
The world’s highest railway was opened between Peking and Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, in July. It has not only opened the door to modernity, but has aroused new clashes between the Chinese government and the Tibetans
The alternative to Second Life has Europe in its sights, according to Vladlen Koltun, a 27 year old professor from Stanford
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“You will always find at least one Chinese in a casino, we just love gambling. And for what I'm seeing here, I think Estonians are quite the same!” Yuxin Zuhang is one of the important guests in this POFF Festival: with his first featured film, Teeth of Love, touchy-feely ...
Lithuania already has a ticket to Olympic Games in Peking. The basketball team won against the team from Greece in Eurobasket 2007 "little final" and came back with bronze medals. The game, which once was promoted by Lithuanians in America, still has the great number of fans at home.
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