Beijing olympics...

Beijing, the capital of China, held the olympic games in 2008. It was the summer olympics and was officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was a major international multi-sport event that took place from the 8th August till the 24th August.  A total of 11,208 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events. China was the 22nd Nation to host the olympic games. Here is the logo from the Beijing games, it was tittled the 'Dancing Beijing'


There was many different games that the athletes took part in, here are all the games that were played in 2008. Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Basque pelota, Boxing, BMX racing, Canoeing, Cricket, Croquet, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Jeu de paume, Judo and the modern games are Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo, Modern pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

There was also many trophies and medals awarded aswell. There were 43 new world records and 132 Olympic records set at the 2008 summer olympics. An unpredicted 86 countries won at least one medal during the games.

Chinese earthquake...

On the 12th May 2008 at 14:28, one of the most devestating earthquakes took place. Killing millions it swept over China. Crushing buildings and demoloshing homes, the earthquake caused lots of damage. The damage cost over $25 million. Rescue teams from all over the world to help out but the damage on the roads that the earthquake had caused ment that emergancy services couldnt get in and out. The most devastating thing is that 38,000 children were killed and 29,00 were missing. Most of them were orpahans but many of them might be when they get found as there parents might have got killed. Also, the earthquake caused a lot of damage for garmers as 60 million pigs died which means they will have lost money because they wont have meat/animals to sell. Because of the earthquake, China will have lost a lot of money. Also, broken water pipes underground burst which caused fires and they spread across China causing even more deaths. The earthquake caused millions of deasths and because of that, China had three national dasys of mourning.


This photo shows some of the damage caused...




This photo shows how big the earthqauke was and where it spread...



This photo shows innocent people getting crushed by collapsed buildings...

Now you can see all the loss and damage caused by this earthquake and hopefully you will see how lucky you are to live in a safe place. Hopefully, a earthquake like this one will never happen where we live or anywhere else...

What is life like in China?

Life in China would be very different to your everyday life in England. It would be very loud and busy and your life would always be a whirl wind!You would be surrounded by busy streets and shopping stalls. China is known for its traditional foods. In China there is many places where you can get traditional foods such as- buffets, cafes, restaurants and cuisines. In China, there is many foods that you wouldn't find in England. For example pigs snouts, duck, frogs, seaweed, shark meat and even dog and cat! 


In China, many children take lessons on kung fu, karate, jujitsu, judo, kick boxing and tae kwondo. If children aren't interested in that kind of thing but there is also many instruments and music that they can do as well.


At the festivals and carnivals you have to buy tickets because they are very popular and everybody wants to go to it because they  are so uplifting and magical. The festivals and carnivals are very busy and loud. Some of them have different themes to them and look very colorful and magic. Some people go to a great deal and get dressed up all glam just to look as magical as the festival or carnival.



Life in China would be what you wanted it to be...