Olympic Venue : Olympic Green Tennis C enter

The Olympic Green Tennis Center was delivered on Oct 1st. 2008. It will host the tennis cometition for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China and is hosting the Good Luck Beijing 2007 ITF Pro Circuit starting October 6th through October 20th.

Like many of the structures and venues The Olympic Green Tennis Center is very unique. Particularly the main court along with the number one and number two courts, which resemble flowers when viewed from a distance.

The center has ten courts total. The main court has a seating capacity of 10 thousand and will host the finals. Courts number one and two can hold 4,000 and 2,000 people, respectively.

VIdeo: The process of Beijing 2008 Olympics Stadium

This is a really neat video showing the process of the construction of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, China for the 2008 Olympics.

VIdeo: Welcome to Beijing Olympics 2008

A music video of a song recorded for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

2008 Olympic Venues: Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics

On Sunday September 30th 2007 the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium was officially opened. This venue will host the Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics events for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.

The gym will hold a total of seven thousand five hundred people and is 24, 383 square meters in size.

After the 2008 Olympics the gym will be used by the University for students and staff as well as for the national badminton team.

In the mean time the site will host two events this year. On October 10th through the 14th it will host the Good Luck Beijing Invitational Tournament and on December 5th through the 7th it will host the Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament.

China's First Rainwater Recylcling Systerm

Is China really getting greener? GE will provide China's first ever rainwater recycling system at the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing. This is one of over 300 projects that GE is involved with for the Olympics in '08.

The water, which is stored in underground pools, will be used for landscaping, cleaning and firefighting.

This is also part of China's effort to implement better, greener water management solutions for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. These kinds of improvements to China's infrastructure will no doubt continue to be useful for many hears after the Olympics next summer.

This type of water treatment system is very advanced and does not use chemical, therefore it meets even the most stringent environmental standards. There is no question that this as well as the many other efforts by GE and others to "green up" Beijing and the surrounding areas are welcome improvements indeed.

Olympic BMX venue [with pics]

The first ever Olympic BMX gold medal will be awarded at the Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue in 2008. It is a very unique arena (as are most bmx venues) and it will see it's first competitions on August 20-21, 2007 when it will host the Good Luck Beijing 2007 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup.

Here are some pictures of the 2008 Olympics BMX venue

China has acquired an IBM supercomputer for forcasting weather

The Beijing Meteorological Bureau has acquired a supercomputer from IBM to use for forecasting the weather and air quality conditions during and after the Olympics. This new computer is considerably more powerful than their current system, about 10 times more powerful in fact and can provide much more data.
The machine uses IBM's Power5+ processor with a top speed of 9.8 teraflops(real word, I swear).

'08 Olympics official 1 year countdown has begun

As of Wednesday, August 8th the one year countdown to the 08 Olympics in Beijing has begun and there was a party in Tienanmen Square to kick off the countdown. Fireworks, music and more were part of the big celebration.

China has been making all sorts of changes since the announcement that the Olympics would be held in Beijing, including huge construction projects, efforts to clean up the air in Beijing which is said to have some of the worst pollution in the world and security measures. The one controversial subject that still remains is that of human rights. There has been much talk of improvements in this are but most people agree that not much has really been done.

Many groups are still boycotting the Olympics and saying that holding the games in Beijing, China tarnishes the reputation of this historic tradition.

Beijing Olympics going "green"

A project has begun to build 33 windmills to power the 2008 Olympics. The project's cost is estimated at around $76.7 million or 580 million yuan.

These new windmills will provide about 100 million kwh of electricity to the city, which currently uses coal fired generators for electricity. This will significantly reduce carbon monoxide emissions and is aimed raising awareness of environmentally friendly power sources.

The Chinese Olympic committee has stated that it wanted at least 20 percent of the Olympic venues to be powered by wind generated electricity.

About 2008 Olympics in China blog

Since the announcement that the 2008 Olympics would be in Beijing, China the Internet has been flooded with news, articles, opinions and more about the subject and sorting through it all can be a bit overwhelming. The purpose of this blog is to help you digest some of this information and find it a bit easier. Our hope is that you will use this blog as your source for news and information about the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

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