Qingdao

Essential Guide to Qingdao - Part 1

yachtingworld.com     18 hrs ago   1 related          

Nicholas Buckland, a self-confessed sailing fanatic, lives in Qingdao and provides his guide to where to stay during the event. In the first of a series of exclusive guides, Nicholas provides an introduction as to how to get...                

Dutch Olympic Tornado Has Secret Weapon

thebeachcats.com     17 hrs ago          

Last week, Dutch Team Zwitserleven Booth/Nieuwenhuis revealed its revolutionary sail for the Olympic competition in China. Because of the expected light winds in Qingdao, the Tornado duo focused on developing a special...                

Olympic torch relay in Olympic co-host city Qingdao concludes

xinhuanet.com     Jul 21, 2008   9 related          

QINGDAO, East China, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch finished its tour in Olympic co-host city Qingdao at 11:20 a.m. on Monday. Xia Geng, mayor of Qingdao City and president of the sailing committee (Qingdao) of BOCOG...                

China beach

baltimoresun.com     Jul 20, 2008   1 related          

Qingdao, site of the Summer Olympic yachting events, is famous for its beer and sunny coastline I had been trying to learn Mandarin at Beijing Language and Culture University and still had about 3,500 Chinese characters to...                

Algal Bloom along the Coast of China

redorbit.com     Jul 19, 2008          

Credit: NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey, Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 08:38 CDT Download full size image As Beijing prepared to host the 2008 Summer Olympics,...                

Nettled by nature

apn.co.nz     Jul 19, 2008          

The creeping green weed that has been choking the Olympic yachting course in Qingdao is still a problem and fears are beginning to surface that it may affect the regatta - making it into something of a lottery. Weather elements...                

Health ministry scotches rumor of meningitis in Olympic co-host city Qingdao

xinhuanet.com     Jul 18, 2008   1 related          

BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Foreign media reports about an outbreak of Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis (ECM) in Olympic co-host city Qingdao were groundless, a health official said here Friday. Qingdao, a coastal resort in...                

China: Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic(Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Yachting Venue?)

freerepublic.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis Jul 16, 2008 - 3:11:11 PM In July Qingdao Experiences a Mysterious Epidemic, Experts Suspect Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis In July...                

China’s GDP up 10.4% in first half

hindu.com     Jul 17, 2008   9 related          

Growth at a steady and relatively fast pace, says official PHOTO: XINHUA ALL CLEAR: The algae bloom at the 50-sqkm Qingdao Olympic sailing venue, in Shandong Province, has been cleared, said an official of the Beijing...                

GB confident over Beijing plans

bbc.co.uk     Jul 16, 2008   923 related          

Smog has been a problem in Beijing over a long period of time British Olympic Association chiefs are confident that air pollution and algae will not prove to be major problems at next month's Beijing Games. The number of cars...                

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