The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...

China delivered their best performance at a Summer Olympics since the 2008 Games on home soil, winning the joint most gold medals with the United States and only missing out on topping the standings ...

July 13, 2001, proved to be a pivotal moment for China and the world. This is when Beijing won the hosting rights for the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The architect behind the unlikely ...

The following is a partial social and cultural calendar of notable events taking place in China during the Olympics month of August.

On Monday, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos linked back to a 2007 article in the magazine by Jianying Zha. This described her brother’s nine-year detention for subversion and, in Osnos’ words, “remains the ...