BEIJING 2008
"One World One Dream"
A PAGE OF INFORMATION AND WEBLINKS RELATING TO THE OLYMPICS AND THE CITY BEYOND FOR GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS...
Last updated July 2008 - this page now ARCHIVED
The next Olympic games will be held in Beijing in 2008
The road to Beijing. An image of the Ring Road in Beijing taken by Alex Murchie, less than a mile from the Olympic Stadium. This shows the pollution in the air - the Chinese government is trying to reduce pollution in time for the games. Second image shows the new stadium.
The area is undergoing (as with a large part of the country) a complete re-development and an astonishing rate of change.
http://en.beijing2008.com/ - the official site
has some useful content, such as details on the venues: http://en.beijing2008.com/46/67/column211716746.shtml
A lot of detail on the Environmental Olympics
Also details on the 5 mascots...
New CHINA GALLERY - thanks to Alex Murchie
There was a good article in The Guardian in August 2007 about the views that people living in the city had on the forthcoming games.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/
A very useful section - the BBC also has a CHINA section, as do several other newspapers.
Plenty of Beijing voices. BBC's HAVE YOUR SAY
NEW FOR 2008
Calls to boycott the Olympics because of various human rights issues in China.
The various sponsors have been mentioned.
Check out the comments on the BBC's HAVE YOUR SAY section.
http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/olympics - some new resources on the GA website: a good resource from Andrew Lee.