Beijing Olympics 2008. The 29th Olympiad 同一个世界 同一个梦想一年后 (One World, One Dream) One Year on.The Olympic Games in Beijing were an important step in bringing the World closer to China, at a crucial time when China is undergoing significant changes. They were the most successful ever Olympics for Chinese athletes. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports. Chinese athletes won the most...

The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time."Dancing Beijing" is a milestone of the Olympics. It serves as a classic chapter of the Olympic epic inscribed by the spirit...

This proverb Literally means "One cannot get fish and bear's paw at the same time."鱼与熊掌不可兼得yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān déyu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3 bu4 ke3 jian1 de2 Figuratively speaking, this can mean you must choose one or the other or you can't always get everything you want. However most commonly it is said as this common English idiom:"You can't have your cake and eat it too."This proverb is from Mencius (men-ci-us)...

This table shows all of the countries that participated in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Each country is listed in the order that they came out during the opening ceremony. This is also the order that is 'Alphabetical' in the Chinese Mandarin dialect. The order is established by taking the amount of strokes it requires to write the first syllable in Simplified Chinese characters. When two or more are equal, it goes to the next syllable. These...