The Cost of Gold Medals
An Olympic gold medal costs China about 30-80 million yuan to win. How does the cost break down? Read on, from Qianliexian Wants to Speak blog article dated Aug. 26, 2004. This article was originally published in Chinese...
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China’s Gold Medals Came at a High Price
The Los Angeles Times looks at the grueling lives of Chinese Olympic athletes: While U.S. team members frequently hauled their parents to Beijing, most Chinese parents watched the Games on television. Chinese athletes train up...
“It is the ‘National System’ That Will Win the Olympic Cold War”
China Media Project translates an editorial piece from the QQ.com opinion section about how the rush for gold in the Olympics neglects the healthy development of sports in Chinese society: We expended so many resources on...
A Fresh Face, and Questions, in the Pool for China
The New York Times looks at the surprise gold in women’s swimming won by newcomer Liu Zige: Who was this 19-year-old swimmer who had never competed in an international meet before? How had she shaved more than a second off...
Forget the Coming-out Party Mantra: China Already an Olympic Power
The International Herald Tribune looks at China’s impressive medals sweep so far in the Olympics (including a surprise win in women’s swimming today): It may not be long before Chinese fans start showing up at...
China Starts its Gold Rush
Hannah Beech reports in the Time, from Beijing: As a symbol of its powerful reemergence, China’s first Olympic gold medal couldn’t have been any more fitting. On Saturday, just 12 hours after the blaze of fireworks...
Matthew Forney: China’s Gold Rush
Matthew Forney, a former Beijing bureau chief for Time, writes in the New York Times: Like the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war, China is looking to make a statement by winning more Summer Olympic gold medals than the...
Olympic Medals End Journey From BHP’s Chile, Australia Mines
Australian mining company BHP Billiton has handed over the Olympics medals in preparation for August’s Games. From Bloomberg: Six thousand medals — sourced from BHP mines in Australia and Chile — were handed to...
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