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This Story Day 1: Olympic Ceremony Photos | Post reporter Amy Shipley talks about the extravagant ceremony that opened the 2008 Summer Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. This Story A Spectacular Opening to the 29th Olympiad Article | BEIJING, Aug. 9 -- They did it. After seven years of meticulous preparation, the Chinese opened the 2008 Summer Olympics, celebrating 5,000 years of history and exulting in their newly recovered status as a world power. They did it with a smoothly choreographed extravaganza of fireworks and... This Story Bush Visits Refugees on Thai-Burma Border Video | First lady Laura Bush, meeting with refugees who fled a brutal campaign by Burma's military junta, urged China and other countries on Thursday to join the U.S. in imposing sanctions against the country. Video by AP |
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