The 112th IOC Session in Moscow elected Beijing as the host city on July 13, 2001 by following the recommendation of the IOC Evaluation Commission. The XXIX Olympiad in 2008 will leave a forever-lasting legacy to China and the world.

Key Facts
Opening date: August 8, 2008
Closing date: August 24, 2008
Host City: Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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The Beijing National Stadium For Olympic 2008

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The Logo of 2008 Summer Olympics on Hong Kong Art Museum

We prepared 6 Chinese good fortune characters with English translation in two colors (black and red) and two sizes for you. Enjoy! You can down load Good Fortune Zip that contains all files or simply copy the characters individually from this page. Enjoy and Good Luck!

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1 and 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 slice ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 and 1/2 cup broccoli, chopped
1/4 cup sliced water chestnuts (optional)
1/3 cup bamboo shoots (optional)
1/2 cup bean sprouts (optional)
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup snow peas
1/2 cup red and yellow bell peppers

Heat the oil in a large wok or frying pan. Saute the ginger and garlic with red and yellow bell pepper for 2-3 minutes, add little salt (precooked). remove peppers.

Carefully add the water, soy sauce and broccoli. Stir-fry for 5-7 minutes, then add the remaining ingredients.

Stir-fry for another 5 minutes, Add little sugar (optional) until vegetables are cooked.

Remove to a serving plate.

Add red and yellow peppers on the top

Serve over rice if desired and enjoy!

Note: Photo is for illustration only. Not all ingredients present.

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Brendan Fraser returns as archaeologist Rick O’Connell to combat the resurrected Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China into the frigid mountains. Chinese mummies are even more evil than their Egyptian counterparts. It is slated for release on August 1, 2008.

Hollywood’s new film “Kung Fu Panda” is a big hit in the animal’s home country, China. It opened there on June 20 and has made $16 million. Voiced by Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie, “Kung Fu Panda” is about an overweight panda that aspires to be a Kung Fu master. See trailers and clips below from YouTube.

This online book is in Web format (not a hard copy book) specifically published just for you with your own personal birth chart from lunar age 18 to 45. For centuries, people have been looking for natural approaches to pick the sex of their baby. The book covers from ancient Chinese birth chart to the newest methods of modern medical research and summarizes all methods into an easy-to-follow checklist. Click here or the book icon below to get started.