Chinese customs vary somewhat significantly from Western ones. For instance, don’t hug or kiss your Chinese acquaintance on the cheek. They will be offended and confused. This video on Hong Kong etiquette gives a few more pointers on “fitting in” in China.
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Swimmer Natalie Coughlin will be competing in six events in Beijing–100m back stroke, 100m freestyle, 200m individual medley, and three relays. The 25-year-old California girl hopes to best her performance in Athens, where she took home five medals–just the third woman to win five medals in one Olympic meet. Here’s what she has to say […]
The 600 gold, silver, and bronze medals that will be awarded during the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games were handed over to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) on July 3. You can view the ceremony here:
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The US Olympic gymnastics team will be chosen at the US team trials in Philadelphia June 19-22. See hopefuls, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Samantha Pezek, Alicia Sacromone, and Shayla Worley perform in the video below: Good Luck Girls!
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Georgia native, Morgan House, is just one of thousands of American Olympic hopefuls with their eyes on Beijing. House, a world-class competitor in the K-1 1000m and K-2 500m kayak events, trains at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. He was inspired to get into Olympic-level paddling when the Olympics were in […]
The Olympic Torch is just part of what Light the Torch covers. We discuss the coming Beijing Olympics as well as future and past Olympic Games, Olympic athletes, and Olympics issues and news.
Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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