By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Beating a 12-year-old rival was once child's play for an elite swimmer but it has become ...

Eileen Gu from USA won Olympic big air gold for China at Beijing Winter Games. Although Eileen was born in USA but she choose ...

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 ...

Humanoid-robot Tien Kung, winner of the world's first half-marathon for robots this April in Beijing, glided on a treadmill with metronomic poise. Later this week, the Chinese capital is set to host ...

People attend a group exercise event at a square in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County of Huaihua City, central China's Hunan ...

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.

Recent developments and an escalating trade war have made travel to cities like Beijing challenging but by no means ...

Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential foreign minister, has been taken away by authorities for ...

A series of sports events celebrating China’s 17th National Fitness Day was held at Beijing’s National Olympic Sports Center on August 8, 2025. August 8, the opening day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, ...

China, with its 1.3 billion citizens, offers a huge local audience for the Games, and the biggest consumer market in the world for sponsors. Beijing was long favored to win the election.