Scores of world leaders and 91,000 people were at the National Stadium to watch as China opened the 2008 Olympic summer games Friday. It was depicted as the largest, costliest extravaganza in Olympic ...

Four Tibet activists unfurled Tibetan flags and pro-independence banners near National Stadium in Beijing early Wednesday, just two days ahead of the start of the Summer Olympic Games. Two men in the ...

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 ...

After a mesmerizing display in 2008, what will Beijing have in store for the 2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony? The Games are back at the Beijing National Stadium 14 years after the unforgettable ...

(Reuters) -NBC's coverage of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games averaged close to 14 million U.S. television viewers, according to preliminary data provided by NBCUniversal on Saturday ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The auction of 1,500 drums and 978 bamboo scrolls used at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony last year has netted 119 million yuan ($17.42 million), local media reported on ...

Even though the Tokyo Summer Olympics closed less than six months ago, it’s already time for the next edition of the Games to begin. While the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the 2020 Olympics back to 2021, ...