Olympic Officials Order Probe Into Chinese Gymnast's Age
Olympic officials have ordered an
investigation into allegations that China's gold
medal-winning gymnast He Kexin is too young to compete.
International Olympic Committee officials say the IOC has
asked the International Gymnastics Federation to
investigate after discrepancies came to light regarding He
Kexin's age. More...
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August 6,
2008. South Korea's Olympic team said Wednesday
it had done all it could to push for a joint march with
North Korea in Friday's opening ceremony of the Beijing
Games.
``There's nothing more we can do,'' Lee Yun-taek, the team
leader and chairman of the Korea Sports Council, said
after the South Korean delegation entered the Athletes'
Village in Beijing.
North Korea's unwillingness to march with South Korea in
Beijing apparently stems from strained bilateral ties.
Pyongyang has refused to cooperate in investigating last
month's shooting death of a South Korean tourist in the
Mount Geumgang area.(More...Korea Times)
BEIJING―
August 7, 2008. China is one of the most misunderstood
countries in the world, and it's China's fault in many
ways.
China needs to empower its people more by giving them more
rights, tackling corruption by officials who don't serve
the people, allowing more media freedom, and respecting
universal human rights nationwide, not just in big cities
but also in remote rural areas. Foreign countries,
however, need to change their attitudes toward China as
the Middle Kingdom goes through changes.
(More...Korea Times)
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