日期：2009-06-07 You might have heard a lot about the Chinese Olympic team competing in the Beijing Olympics, but how much do you know about the British squad? Team GB (Great Britain), as they are also known, have been training in Macau. The team are using the sport... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 What do you get when you combine a 16th century work of Chinese literature, a renowned Chinese theatre director and a British rock star? The result is Monkey: Journey to the West, a show which blends acrobatics, music, animation and martial arts to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 It's not often you see a giant bat-shaped car driving through central London, unless perhaps Batman is in town. The caped crusader's famous Batmobile was here for the European premiere of new Batman film The Dark Knight, a film which has already bee... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 What's the furthest you have ever cycled? Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike? For British cyc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 While many of the worlds most famous athletes are gearing up for the Beijing Olympics in August, there are other athletes training every bit as hard for a second Olympic games in September. The 14th Paralympic Games will see disabled athletes from a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Do you fancy a game of whiff-whaff? How about pim-pam? Never heard of them? Well, these were both early names for the game that has come to be known as table tennis or ping-pong around the world. It is a sport China has largely dominated since the m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 The ever so-beloved West End musical Mamma Mia! has finally been taken from the stage to the silver screen. The international premiere of the film was held at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London, 30 June 2008. The film is a musical based on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 In May building work began on the massive Olympic Park in east London, the site of the 2012 Games. As well as being the venue for many events during the games, the park will feature shops, restaurants and accommodation for over 17,000 athletes and o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 To trace the origins of the modern Olympic Games we must travel back nearly 3,000 years in time to Ancient Greece, when young men proved their physical prowess and fighting skills by competing in sporting activities. But the ancient Olympic Games we... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Zheng Jie yesterday became the first Chinese singles player to get through to the semi-final of a major tennis competition. She beat 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova 6-2 5-7 6-1. The match was a showcase for her attacking style and her tenacity. In the fi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Do you ever feel sick of your life? Then why not sell it? This is exactly what one man is attempting to do following the breakdown of his marriage. Ian Usher, a 44-year-old British man living in Australia, is using the online auction site eBay to se... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 The Queen has celebrated her official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade in central London. Thousands of spectators joined the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the annual military spectacle that has been performed for centuries at Horse... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 What does the word dragon make you think of? The chances are, if you are thinking of a Chinese dragon or 'long', you will think of a long serpent-like mythical creature which is benevolent, wise and lucky. In a Western cultural context, what people... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Fans of James Bond have been thrilled with the release of the new Bond book Devil May Care, which was published on 28th May 2008. Ian Fleming was the creator of the fictional character James Bond 007 and wrote 14 Bond books during his lifetime, incl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Flags are flying at half-mast across China. China is coming to the end of an official period of mourning for those who died in last week's earthquake. For three days, there have been no entertainment events and the government has suspended the Olymp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Sex and the City was a very popular TV show that ran from 1999 to 2004. It was a romantic comedy drama based on the semi-autobiographical New York newspaper columns written by Candace Bushnell. The show followed the lives of four professional, indep... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 London has a new mayor, after its citizens voted in the Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson, ahead of Labour's Ken Livingstone. Well-known for his wild blonde hair, his self-deprecating humour and his reputation for gaffes and blunders, Mr Jo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 Snooker is a big sport in China. Sources suggest there are 300 million snooker players there, which is more than the rest of the world put together. So it's no surprise that some of the world's best players come from China. They have been showing of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 If you watch the news in Britain or look at a British newspaper at the moment, a term you are more than likely to come across is 'credit crunch'. It has become a bit of a buzzword, but what does it mean? Well, it's a financial term and it means that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-07 The London Marathon is an annual event and of the thousands of runners who take part, many of them have a story to tell as to why they are running the 26.2 mile (42.2 km) course around London. This year the pressure was on for many of the athletes i... 阅读全文>>