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CNN's Lian Pek on the costs Beijing will face for the Olympics.
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CNN's Willy Lam looks at how Beijing's 2008 Olympics will affect China's modernization process.
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CNN's Lisa Rose Weaver looks at the olympic dreams of China's young athletes.
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Hosting the Olympics may not deliver on all of its economic promises.
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Lessons learnt from Sydney
After the party, Sydney's Olympic blues

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Belgian gets top Olympic post

Jacques Rogge, 59, a Belgian surgeon, is the new president of the International Olympic Committee, taking over from Juan Antonio Samaranch, 81. Rogge, a three-time Olympic competitor in sailing, has a �Mr Clean� image. MORE

Business eyes Olympic gold
The games of reform?
A very political game
Most expensive games ever?
City of contrasts

Mixed reaction to Beijing 2008 win

Beijing has won the right to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, recording a landslide victory in the face of worldwide concern on China's human rights record.
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Video: Re-live the announcement
Now the hard work begins
Disappointment for rivals
The World reacts

Analysis:
What the games mean for 'New China'

Willy Lam: An Olympic nod for Beijing has marked the Middle Kingdom's formal entry to the community of modern nations. Olympic status would mean China can fully interact with the Western world.

Olympic dreams of China's athletes

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The road to the 2008 Olympics

China's softer touch
Judgment Day For the Olympic Cities
Now There Are Three
Why Beijing Is Still the Olympic Front Runner

Latest CNN video reports:

Willy Lam on how the Olympics will affect China
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"Corporate America" hopes to bank on Beijing's 2008 Olympics
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IOC elects Jacques Rogge as its new president
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