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 ...

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 ...

Grand fireworks and spectacular choreography brought to a close the Beijing Games Sunday as one of the most remarkable Olympics in recent history were declared at an end. Fireworks across China's ...

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 ...