Sun Yang sealed a place in China's Olympic history with an impressive swim in the 400m freestyle final that was only 0.07 seconds off the world record to take gold.
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Supporters of China's Olympic bid argue that the growing prosperity of recent years has brought about a greater openness in Chinese society - that ordinary men and women are increasingly free to live as they like and go where they wish.
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It plans to open an assembly plant in Qingdao, a major port in northern China and the site of the 2008 Olympic sailing regatta, to customize yachts for China's market.
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China also frets about the Olympic games in Beijing in August 2008, in a season when rainstorms are common.
The International Olympic Committee visited China for a four-day inspection of the capital, Beijing, which is bidding to host the games in 2008.
The Olympic Games provide China with a chance to show the world how much it has achieved in a remarkably brief period of time.
The lightweight plastic device has a texture reminiscent of China's Birds Nest Olympic stadium, with a predictable array of connections on the back side.
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Too young to compete at Athens in 2004, Ennis was on course to make her Olympic debut in China in 2008, until a foot injury forced her to withdraw.
The Asian affinity for ping pong is so deep that since its 1988 debut as an Olympic sport, China has topped the medal count with 41 of 76 total medals, including 20 of 24 gold.
Its commercial focus is looking ahead two years to the Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi and the Youth Olympic Games in China's Nanjing and two years after that to the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Top seeds Chen Qi and Ma Lin of China beat Ko Lai-chak and Li Ching of Hong Kong 11-6 11-9 7-11 11-8 8-11 11-5 to take the men's doubles gold in table tennis and keep China on track for another Olympic title sweep in Athens.
As he points out, China ranked a distant eleventh for Olympic medals at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
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The devastation comes as China is preparing to host the Olympic Games, which begin in Beijing on Aug. 8.
There were glimmers of greatness from them, with wins over the world champions and now Olympic bronze medallists, China, and the European champions, Germany.
One day before China's big moment, the Olympic opening ceremonies, a dull haze hung over Beijing.
China has won 11 of the 24 Olympic gold medals awarded in badminton since 1992, according to the International Olympics Committee's database.
China's preparations to hold the Olympic Games that August further fuelled patriotic sentiment, which welled up again in the wake of the global financial crisis.
If there were good news out of the company, or if the Olympic Games rekindle enthusiasm for China in general, shorts may scramble to cover and produce a scenario that bank investors learned to love in mid-July.
China, for example, excels in many Olympic sports, for a variety of reasons.
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In 1979, the International Olympic Committee voted to re-admit China after an absence of 21 years.
Czech-born Capousek, 63, led Germany to 18 Olympic golds before taking the job with China in 2005.
At a meeting in Beijing of the International Olympic Committee, Liu Jingmin, of China's games-organising team, said he was confident the international component could be completed.
In men's floor competition, China's Zou Kai edged out Japanese rival and Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura for gold.
In the six Olympic Games they've competed in, China has moved up the medal tally in world record time.
Soon after his Olympic triumph, Liddell finished his studies and returned to China to become a missionary.
Josef Capousek, credited with achieving 156 World Championship and 31 Olympic medals over the last 30 years, worked with China in the build-up to Beijing.
Wang also won the women's singles title in Sydney, bringing her career tally to three Olympic gold and cementing her status as one of the best players in China's seemingly endless production-line of elite table tennis players.
Great Britain finished 10th in the 2004 Olympic medals table, but will be looking to place behind only Russia, China and the USA on home soil.
The 25-year-old Djokovic, who was also beaten by Murray in the semifinals of the Olympic tennis tournament, came into the final in hot form after claiming the China Open in Beijing.
The Olympic Games aren't just for sports superpowers, not just for Russia and China and the USA, USA!
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