NYTSYN Video | The New York Times News Service/Syndicate

PASSPORT TO BEIJING 2008 VIDEOS    [ 10 found ]

• English
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• French

• 

  A Hurdler's Pain (1m 57.1s)

  An injury forced Liu Xiang to withdraw from competition. Jimmy Wang gets reactions from the streets of Beijing....
• 

  Lucky Number 8 (2m 8.5s)

  The Olympics aren't the only occasion being celebrated by the Chinese - over 11,000 couples got married in the city of Beijing alone recently....
• 

  Behind the Scenes: Zhang Yimou (3m 27.9s)

  An insider look at film director Zhang Yimou, who is directing the opening cermonies at the Olympic Games in Beijing....
• 

  Olympics Security (1m 51.2s)

  China has deployed tens of thousands of security officers to ensure the Olympic games go smoothly....
• 

  Sabres in the City (3m 56.8s)

  All the members of the U.S. Olympic sabre team have come to New York to train, drawn by a master coach. ...
• 

  Iraq's Paralympic Fencing Team (3m 3.6s)

  The country that has been in three wars in two decades has a remarkably robust and competitive Paralympic team....
• 

  Welcomed In by a Dragon (2m 0.1s)

  The Beijing Capital International Airport is the latest record-breaking infrastructure project to be unveiled ahead of the 2008 Olympics....
• 

  Summer Olympics: Chinese Track Star Liu Xiang (1m 46.3s)

  Chinese track star and Olympic hopeful, Liu Xiang, speaks to the media at the Empire State Building. ...
• 

  U.S. Table Tennis, Beijing-Style (3m 22.1s)

  For years, Wang Chen was one of the best table tennis players in China, but never competed in the Olympics. Now, as a U.S. citizen, she will. ...
• 

  China's Noxious Trucks (2m 30.5s)

  Trucks are the mules of China's spectacularly expanding economy―ubiquitous and essential―yet highly noxious. ...