2008 Olympics Updates

The largest natural disaster to hit China in decades has struck in to the Sichuan county of Wenchuan. An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 1428 Beijing time, on Monday.
The worst hit area appears to be Beichuan county, 50km from the epicentre, where the BBC reports that 80% of buildings were destroyed [...]

According to Vice Minister Cui Dalin of the State General Administration of Sport, the Chinese Olympic delegation will have around 570 members, the country’s largest ever for the world’s top sporting event.
The first time China took part in the Olympics was in 1984, when it sent only 225 members to Los Angeles. And in 2000 [...]