Showcase China and the Beijing Olympics

Just the facts Just the facts about China about China (page 2 to 4)(page 2 to 4)

History of the History of the Olympics (page Olympics (page 5 to 8)5 to 8)

Beijing, the Beijing, the host of the host of the 2008 Olympic 2008 Olympic (page 9 to 10) (page 9 to 10)

3 Olympic 3 Olympic games games sports sports (page 11to (page 11to 13)13)

3 Athlete 3 Athlete Profiles Profiles (page14 (page14 to 16)to 16)

China is the fourth largest country and its land length is 9,596,960Sq kilometres.

Shanghai and Beijing are two of the largest and most populous cities in the world.

At the moment the Great Wall of China, is 6,000km long, but if different dynasties continue to build on to the Great Wall of China, it may become over 50,000km long!

The Great wall is about 2,638 years old!

China has the most population in the world. The population is approximately 1.3billion. The world’s population is 6.7billion. So China’s population is about 20% of the whole world population.

Ice Cream was invented in

China around 2000BC

When the Chinese packed

soft milk and rice mixture

in the snow.

The canyon on the Yalu Tsangpo River, the world's largest, 504.6 km in length and 6,009 meters in depth.

The canyon on the Yalu Tsangpo River, the world's largest, 504.6 km in length and 6,009 meters in depth.

China is situated in eastern Asia on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, with an area of 9.6 million square kilometres. China's continental coastline extends for about 18,000 kilometres, and its vast sea surface is studded with more than 5,000 islands, of which Taiwan and Hainin are the largest.

Chinese Bank Note

Facts about China presents The Forbidden CityThe Forbidden City or Forbidden Palace, located at the exact center of the ancient city of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the mid-Ming and the Qing dynasties. Nowdays also known as the Palace Museum, its extensive grounds cover 720,000 square meters, 800 buildings and more than 8,000 rooms.

According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history.

The Ancient Greek Olympics were held every 4 years. This 4-year period was known as an "Olympiad"

Some people invented an Xbox game of the Olympics.

2008 Olympics mascots

stands for the continents of

the world.

Pierre de Coubertin got the idea for this phrase from a speech given by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot at a service for Olympic champions during the 1908 Olympic Games. The Olympic Creed reads: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

Olympic Torch

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from Zeus, the Greek god, by Prometsius. Its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.

The torch is 72 cm high and weighs 980 grams. It is made of aluminium. The shape of the torch is of the paper scroll and the lucky clouds graphic is used to enhance the design.

Did you know that there were only Greek men competitors? Women were neither allowed to compete nor watch.

There were only a few sports. Wrestling, Chariot racing, Sprints and horse racing.

The Great wall of

China is one of

China’s main tourist

attractions. The great

wall of China has

about 1,324,557

tourists every year!

The Great Wall of China is 6,700 km long!

The Great Wall is the world's longest man-made structure and is (3,948 miles) and it can be seen from satellite in space!

Lying at the center of Beijing,

the Forbidden City, called Gu

Gong in Chinese, was the

imperial palace during the Ming

and Qing dynasties. Now

known as the Palace Museum,

it is to the north of Tiananmen

Square. Rectangular in shape, it

is the world's largest palace

complex and covers 74

hectares. Surrounded by a six

meter deep moat and a ten

meter high wall are 9,999

rooms.

This year at the

Olympics, Argentina

won Gold at Football

(soccer). They beat

Nigeria 1-0 in the final.

Argentina Nigeria

Brazil were hot favourites to win gold but were lawn-mown 3-0 by Argentina in the semi-final.

Taekwondo is the martial art originated from Korea. To win you need to kick the opponent's head or belly.

Korea won the most gold

medals this year as

usual. Korea got 4 gold

medals in Taekwondo.

In the mens Water-polo Hungary won gold with USA coming 2nd and Serbia coming 3rd.

In the woman's water polo the Netherlands took home gold while the USA settled for 2nd the aussies like it or lump it, take 3rd.

Tae Hwan Park nick-named marine boy, of South Korea, has won one Gold medal and one silver medal at the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Tae Hwan Park is a 400m and 1500m specialist. He is only 18 years old! His time was 3 minutes,42 seconds. Jayden reckons he’s muscular and Brayden agrees.

Mahe Drysdale is one of the

countries best athletes. On the

day of the final he was sick. Really

sick. He competed in the final and

came 3rd. After wards he got out of

his kayak and started spewing up.

Valerie Villi is one of the worlds best ever shot-putters. This year she won a gold medal at the Olympics. No-one even got close to her. She is married to a man. Her number of meters thrown is 21.56.