Olympic Supplement to the GC Ticker, a free Newsletter of the German Chamber of Commerce in China
August 2008
GERMANY AT THE GAMES
Compiled & Edited by GCC • Beijing
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The XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008
China’s Olympic History
the neighboring city of Tianjin,
a s w e l l a s i n t he no r t he r n
Chinese city of Shenyang, in
Qinhuangdao and in Shanghai.
The sailing regattas will all
be held in Qingdao, and all
equestrian events will be in Hong
Kong. More than 10,000 athletes
from 205 countries are expected.
Germany will send approximately
450 athletes and 350 support
staff.
The first modern Olympics in
which China participated were the
Summer Games in Los Angeles in
1932. The sole competitor at the
time was sprinter Liu Changchun,
who started in 100 m and 200 m.
However, he did not qualify for
the finals.
The first Olympic gold medal
for China went to Xu Haifeng in
1984 in pistol shooting, also in
Los Angeles. That year, China
won a total of 16 gold medals. In
the Summer Games in Athens in
2004, China occupied 2nd place
in the medals standings, behind
the USA. Their aim in the 2008
Games is to oust the USA from
top position. They have already
achieved their first goal: sending
a Chinese athlete to every single
discipline offered at the 2008
Games.
At 8.08 pm on the 8th of August
2008, Jacques Rogge, President
of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) will open the
twenty-ninth Summer Olympic
Games in Beijing. These will be
the first Olympic Games to be
held in China and they promise
to overshadow any previously
held Games. Through August
24th, 302 competitions will take
place in 28 disciplines, and not
just in Beijing. Some of the
soccer matches will be held in
Beijing - Preparations
In the past few years, Beijing
has spruced itself up in order
to put its best foot forward,
both inside and outside of the
Olympic sports venues. 28 bn
euros of public funds have
been spent on infrastructure
projects in the capital alone.
Beijing has set benchmarks for
modern architecture – not only
in the construction of stadiums,
but also in administrative and
commercial buildings. The world
should prepare for Olympic
Games loaded with superlatives.
There are already more than 3
mn vehicles on Beijing’s streets
and many traffic jams. More
than 1,000 new cars are granted
permits daily. However, there
will be an improvement during
the Olympic Games, as 1.5 mn
cars will be taken off the streets
temporarily to alleviate traffic
and environmental problems.
In fact, there will be ‘Olympic
lanes’ for the ‘Olympic family’.
These are separate traffic
lanes on the connecting roads
between the sports venues, e.g.
on Chang’an Ave. and on the
Ring Roads. This should ensure
smooth-flowing transport for
athletes and their entourages.
The existing subway lines have
been supplemented by four
additional lines, so that there
is now a total of over 200 km
of track. The so-called ‘Olympic
Line’ (line 8, M Aoyun), equipped
with TV and live commentary on
the competitions and connecting
the sports venues, forms part
of the network. It also includes
an express light rail route from
Beijing Capital Airport’s T3 to
the center of the city (stops at:
terminals T1 and T2 as well as
Sanyuanqiao and Dongzhimen).
and sees them as a symbol
of t he c o u nt r y ’ s p ro g re s s.
Correspondingly, expectations
are high: “We must put on good
Olympic Games. Otherwise, not
only our generation will lose
face, but also our ancestors,”
said the Mayor of Beijing, Wang
Qichen, in January 2008. Chinese
people believe that the prestige
of China is at stake. No matter
what view they take of China’s
future, Chinese are proud of
their achievements in the past
decades, and want to display
them to the world.
Olympic Games, and to contrast
this with the modernity and
dynamic style to be found, for
example, in the architecture.
Beijingers and the Olympics
Volunteers: this is the greatest
contingent of volunteer helpers
in the history of the Olympic
Games. 70,000 Chinese and
foreign volunteers will support
the event. In addition, there
will be 400,000 local “City
Volunteers”. This is a necessity,
as at least half a million foreign
and two million Chinese visitors
are coming to Beijing!
The naming is especially
successful; placing the names
next to each other creates the
sentence Beijing huanying ni! (in
English: Welcome to Beijing!)
After successfully hosting the
As ia n G a me s, t he Pe o p l e ’ s
Republic of China applied to
host the 2000 Olympic Games,
and lost to Sydney by only two
votes. On their second attempt,
Beijing won against competition
from Osaka, Toronto, Paris and
Istanbul. On July 13th, 2001, the
IOC selected Beijing as the venue
for the 2008 Olympic Games.
The vast majority of Beijing’s
population supports the Games
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Olympic Symbol
The official emblem of the
B e i j i ng G a me s i s b a s e d o n
a t ra d i t io na l C h i ne s e s e a l .
It represents a calligraphic
interpretation of the symbol
京 jing as in the name of the
City of Beijing. Simultaneously,
dancing and running forwards, it
also represents a being as full of
enthusiasm as the host nation is.
In general, the People‘s Republic
has gone to great lengths to
incorporate traditional Chinese
elements into its designs for the
Olympic Mascots – Fuwa 福娃
The five mascots evoke memories
of playing children. Besides
the five Olympic rings and
colours, they also symbolize the
traditional Chinese animal forms,
as well as the five elements of
nature: water, wood, fire, earth
and heaven.
The girl Beibei贝贝, represents
the fish and the ocean – both are
symbolic in China of prosperity.
Traditionally, Chinese eat fish on
the eve of the Chinese New Year
in order to ensure prosperity
and surplus for the coming year,
because the Chinese word for
fish, yu is pronounced the same
as the character for surplus. She
represents the blue ring and the
element water.
Jingjing晶晶, the panda, is the
unofficial heraldic animal of
China. Like no other animal in
the world, it is representative of
nature and its protection. Apart
from that, it‘s cuddly, and is
also a symbol of luck in China.
With his lotus crown, Jingjing
symbolises the forest, and stands
for strength. He represents the
black ring and the element
wood.
Huanhuan 欢欢 is the Olympic
flame that brings the Olympic
spirit and passion to the fore.
With his flaming headpiece,
he carries the hosts’ light and
warmth to the world, and sends
a message of enthusiasm for the
Games. He symbolises the red
ring and the element of fire.
The fourth figure is Yingying
迎迎, the fast antelope,
reminiscent of the protected
Tibetan antelope. He stands for
health and represents the earth.
Corresponding to his origin
on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,
his head decoration contains
ornaments of the minorities in
China. He represents the yellow
ring and the element earth.
Fifth but never last is Nini 你
你 the swallow. It expresses the
joy of the host country. Sending
kites soaring into the sky is a
long-standing tradition in China
– not just among children. The
golden-winged swallow that
spreads good luck everywhere is
popular as a kite. It embodies
the innocence and joy of
children, and symbolizes the
green Olympic ring and the sky.
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Touring the Olympic Venues
Getting There
If you wish to visit the Olympic
Village and Green anytime
between July 15 and October,
you will need a ticket to an event
(or work for a supplying company
and have a reason to be there).
Security is tight.
Subway:
Line 10 from the East Third Ring
Road to Beitucheng Station,
change to the new line 8 Olympic
spur for one stop to the Olympic
Sports Center Jiandemen station.
Enter the Olympic Village.
Alternatively, reach line 5
from anywhere along line 1
or 2: line 5 north to line 10
(Huixinxijienankou Station),
continue west to line 8’s
Beitucheng.
From the North: line 13 to either
Shaoyaoju (then west) or to
Zhichunlu (then east) on line 10.
Again, feed into line 8.
By car:
Unless an authorized driver is
dropping you off at an entrance
to the village, a car is best
avoided, as parking, while
plentiful, is still disproportionate
to the number of people who
might seek to drive themselves
to an event by car. Other
complicating factors during the
Olympic and Paralympic Games
are the special lanes for Olympic
VIPs, the odd-even license plate
permission system on alternating
days, and the fact that only a
limited number of pre-screened
drivers is authorized to drive into
the area surrounding the Olympic
Village.
By bus:
34 bus lines serve Olympic
spectators during the Games.
They connect the various venues.
Riders who hold tickets for an
Olympic event will not be charged
fare on public transportation the
day of the event.
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From Yongdingmen Gate on the
South Second Ring Road to the
Olympic Forest in the north, a
north-south axis divides Beijing
in half. On this axis lie the
Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square,
the famous Bell Tower and Drum
Tower twins, and numerous other
famous sites. 700 years ago,
when Beijing became the capital,
the Chinese emperor planned this
axis, and to come to see him,
officials from other parts of China
had to approach from the south
along the axis and pass through
many gates both outside and
inside the Forbidden City until
they reached his Audience Hall.
The plan was to humble them by
the relentless appearance of gate
after gate on their way. When
Chairman Mao proclaimed the
new China on the steps of the
Forbidden City, he too recognized
the importance of the axis for
the City’s people. He tore down
a number of the emperor’s gates
to make way for the enormous
Tiananmen Square, big enough,
it seemed, to hold all of China’s
people at once. And when he
died, of course his mausoleum
was placed exactly on the axis, in
the middle of the square.
When China applied to host the
Olympic Games, it seemed only
natural that they should be
located on the axis as well. In
fact, Beijing’s urban plans have
shown the area of today’s Olympic
Village and Green as a green and
public place reserved for “large
public architectures” intended
to show China’s progress, since
1954, a scant 5 years after the
new republic’s founding. One
of the few places left along the
axis with low density population,
the spot seemed ideal to create
a monument to modern China
that would rival the Forbidden
City in its significance. Only the
farming village of Wali, with
about 3,000 households (few in a
city of 18,000,000), needed to be
moved to create today’s Olympic
Village, and much of the site
was already ‘green’. For decades
the farmers who lived there
had been encouraged to plant
thousands of trees. When China
hosted the Asian Games in 1990,
the southern end of the site was
used to build the Asian Games
Village (11), a dress rehearsal for
the Olympics, and surely one
reason the International Olympic
Committee awarded the 2008
Games to Beijing.
To get a feel for the Beijing
2008 Olympic Village, you should
start your tour near the Fourth
Ring Road, where two landmark
structures are located: the ‘Bird’s
Nest’ National Stadium( 国家体
育场 guojia tiyuchang)(1) and
the ‘Watercube’ National Aquatic
C e nt e r ( 国 家 游 泳 中 心 g uo j ia
youyong zhongxin)(2). They
represent the elements of fire and
water, two of the traditional five
Chinese elements, and indeed,
despite its outer shell of silver,
the National Stadium’s underbelly
is painted red, with that color
shining through, especially at
night. Also at night, the Aquatic
Center sparkles in many hues of
iridescent blue.
Beyond fire and water, the two
stadiums represent the ‘tension
within harmony’ of the female
and the male – the yin and the
yang, realized in the hard edges
of the Bird’s Nest’s construction
and the soft, bubble shapes of the
Watercube. Unique in the world as
a stadium design, the latter uses
the naturally efficient engineering
structure and space subdivision
of foam (water in its aggregated
state). It has 4,000 bubbles that
insulate because they contain
air, and are much lighter than
standard construction, while
being extremely resistent to
tearing. It seats 17,000, and
German companies supplied hightech building systems and some
of the space-age materials used
in construction. Do check out
the ‘Bubble Bar’, where GermanChinese artist Li Jiwei covered
the entire floor with his artwork
pursuing the ‘water – oceans –
aquatic creatures’ theme.
The neighboring Bird’s Nest sports
an amazing interweaving of the
outer structure’s enormous steel
beams – 36km of them -- enough
to make more than 4 Eiffel
Towers. Actually, the building
looks like a rendition in steel of
the ‘bird’s nest’ dish which forms
a part of traditional Chinese
cuisine, and given the people’s
extraordinary attachment to food,
this too seems appropriate in
making it the heart of Beijing
2008. The stadium seats 91,000
and took 5 years to build.
From the 2 anchoring stadiums,
move north along the central
axis mall (5). You cannot help
but notice the enormous lights
that flank this mall, resembling
a gigantic version of southern
China’s banana plants. There are
16 of them. During the Olympics
and Paralympics, the mall is
the site of processions and
entertainment. The master plan
concept relates it to a historic
timeline of Chinese history –
from 3000BC to modern day.
If you look to your left as you
walk, you will first see the waveshaped National Indoor Stadium
( 国家体育馆 guojia tiyuguan)
(3), designed by the German firm
Glöckner with insulating glass
and solar power generation. Next
on the same side is the fencing
stadium, attached to the giant
broadcasting center housing
numerous television studios (4).
These ‘two buildings in one’ will
be the future Beijing Olympic
Convention Center. In the mall’s
timeline it represents the Qin
Dynasty, a time of tyrannical
turmoil, perhaps well suited
to the double task of housing
fencing and the media.
Eventually, you reach the tallest
structure in the Olympic Village,
a 150m, seven-level, steel and
glass construct, which can serve
as a compass’ needle from just
about anywhere in the Olympic
Village. Passing beyond it to
the north, you come to a point
where the mall is swallowed up
by the earth. A massively broad
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1. Bird’s Nest
2. Watercube
3. Indoor Stadium
4. Olympic Conference Center
5. Central Mall
6. Western Mall
7. Northern Gate
8. New Science Museum
9. Volkswagen Pavilion
10. Olympic Forest
11. Asian Games Village
12. Tower
13. Niang Niang Temple
and deep staircase leads down
into the earth and ends before
a modern interpretation of a
Chinese courtyard door -- but it
is certainly the largest, widest
door of this kind to be found
anywhere.
Here begins an amazing world
of Chinese and Olympic culture
leading to and beyond the central
subway station and subterranean
bus station and directly to the
beginning of the Olympic Forest.
All further east-west roads cross
this mall on bridges. There are
traditional Chinese courtyards,
towers and walls made of musical
instruments, ancient Greek
Olympic athletes running between
panels of glass engraved with
classic Chinese characters, and
at the final ascending staircase,
Chinese courtiers playing a game
of polo on horseback. Two gallop
up the long, final ascending
staircase to the grand traditional
Chinese temple gate (7) that
represents the exit from the mall
and the beginning of the Olympic
Forest. To the east is Beijing’s
new Science Museum (8). Go north
to enjoy the Olympic Forest with
its lake and tens of thousands of
trees, but beware of tight security
at the Athletes’ and Press Villages
during the Games. Don’t forget
to visit the 350-year-old Dragon
King Temple, salvaged from the
site’s original construction and
used for decades to store farm
equipment.
Returning back to the south via
the western mall parallel to the
one you came up (6), you will
pass by many of the 30 Olympic
Sponsors’ Pavilions, offering food,
product exhibitions and avant
garde architecture, and you will
get closer views of the Conference
Center and the Indoor Stadium.
Before exiting the Village near
the two stadiums, take a look at
Niang Niang Temple (13), 100m
to the east (built around 1500),
which was saved by the Olympics
from its fate as a company’s
storage yard.
Crossing the Fourth Ring Road
you will find 3 additional grand
Olympic structures originally built
for the 1990 Asian Games and
updated for 2008. And as you exit
the Olympic grounds, the Chinese
Ethnic Museum stretches off to
the south, containing 16 villages
representing the architecture
and heritage of China’s diverse
peoples. It is well worth a visit.
On your tour, you have seen 10
of Beijing’s 31 Olympic venues.
Seeing the rest - some truly
memorable - will take a number
of days. Get a copy of the German
Chamber’s Beijing 2008 Guide to
lead you to them: Contact the
German Chamber of Commerce,
Beijing Tel 010-6590 0926 or
e-mail boening.constanze@
bj.china.ahk.de.
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Reaching out for Sustainability
through Innovation
From transportation to water
treatment and signalling to
medical technology, Siemens
serves as an example of German
companies’ many contributions
to the success of Beijing’s
mega event. To picture the
different areas of involvement
and technologies, let’s take the
perspective of a visitor arriving
in Beijing to attend the grand
event.
First your airplane will land at
Beijing’s newly expanded Capital
International Airport with the
pilot safe in the knowledge that
there is an outstanding runway
beacon system. As you pass
through immigration in Terminal
3 after your safe arrival, a stateof-the-art baggage handling
system will spirit your baggage
to customs at 10 meters per
second. When you take a car
to your hotel, a “smart” road
management system will minimize
your stops, and when you turn
on the lights in your hotel room
you’ll know that the electricity
powering them was generated
using top notch equipment – as
was the electricity running the
street lights, the shop signs, and
most of the lights in Beijing’s
impressive skyline.
Next morning, as you can’t wait
to get to the Olympic Green,
you get on the subway and
your wait is shortened by upto-date signalling and control
technology, which allows trains
to operate safely at much closer
intervals. You attend an event
at the National Aquatics Center,
where the smart building systems
run on special extra-low-voltage
(ELV) technologies. And waste
water from the Olympic Green
passes through highly advanced
Membrane Bio Reactor technology
for purification. Should you need
medical treatment during your
sojourn in Beijing, you know that
the nearby hospitals designated
for the Beijing mega event are
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equipped with advanced imaging
SOMATOM Definition and MI
Biograph 64 PET/CT equipment.
On the following day you take in
a football match in neighboring
Tianjin’s “Water Drop” stadium,
t ra v e l i ng t he re i n a s ho r t
half hour on a 300kph highspeed train in the afternoon,
and attending the match in
the evening, the field awash
in the floodlit glow of a top
flight stadium lighting system.
You watch the match in a safe
and comfortable environment
with market-leading building
technology protecting you. After
the match, you hop on the last
high-speed back to Beijing and
notice how spacious it is, with
all of the traction located below
floor level.
breathe cleaner air, experience
cooler summers and warmer
winters, and enjoy longer life
because potential problems in
China have been averted.
And the classical concert
mentioned above was one of
the music projects by the Ernst
von Siemens Music Foundation.
Surely quality of life includes
enjoyment of the arts. Germany
is known not just as the inventor
of the automobile, the printing
press, and the x-ray machine,
but also as the country that gave
the world Bach, Beethoven and
Brahms. Whether in providing
state-of-the-art technology, or
in showing social responsibility,
German firms like Siemens focus
firmly on the common good.
Next day you take a pause from
the sports bustle to do some
sightseeing, and spend the
evening in China’s futuristic
National Theatre, also known as
“the egg,” listening to the classic
music of some chamber music
Master Class finalists, initiated
and financed by a company music
foundation. To the soothing
notes of the cello, the violin and
the viola you dream about the
Games so far and the Games still
to come, hoping that victory will
come for your favorite athletes.
All of the technologies and
systems mentioned above were
provided by Siemens. And all of
them will better people’s lives,
their productivity, and their wellbeing, years after the Beijing
mega event has receded into
history. As a supplier to a megaevent, Siemens has shown its
capacity to deliver quality of
life to mega cities, building a
sustainable, resource efficient,
healthful, and aesthetically
pleasing environment for millions
in China, but contributing in the
process to the welfare of billions
around the globe, who will
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Spotlight on Top German Athletes
Buschschulte
Over the past few months, dozens
of German Olympic candidates
have taken advantage of the
trial competitions, held at the
29 Olympic sites, to accustom
themselves to the unique
atmosphere. Marksmen, divers
and fencers, among others, all
showed up early in 2008.
German Swimmers Jump
Right In
Boll
Steffen
From the moment Germany’s top
swimmers entered the Beijing
Olympic Village for the first time
in February, they raved about
the fascinating design of the
‘Watercube.’ Upon sighting the
radiant, blue aquatics center,
Berliner Britta Steffen gasped,
“It’s wonderful!” Three-time
Olympian Antje Buschschulte from
Magdeburg said she had never
seen such a structure, “These
lights, and the bubbly form! It’s
just stunning to walk into an
arena like this.”
After dark, the Olympic Watercube
glistens in its most attractive
colors, 1670 different hues to
be exact. The shade-shifting
outer shell mimics a chameleon,
performing a nightly light show.
Except for the ‘Bird’s Nest,’ the
central Olympic stadium, no
other sports arena embodies such
architectural daring -- intended
to astonish guests from across
the globe in August. Even German
team coach, Örjan Madsen,
is impressed: “This is a place
where you can swim fast. With
17,000 people inside, it will be a
fantastic experience.”
Fencing Gets Unprecedented
Attention
No German athlete is as used
to China’s capital as Britta
Heidemann. The Leverkusen
fencer studied there, and returns
every few months. Due to her
solid Mandarin skills, she’s
a popular guest on local TV
programs, regularly peppered with
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questions about her personal life:
Has she gained weight? Which
books does she read? How much
does she earn? Britta Heidemann
– star of the sensationalist press.
At the Olympics, Heidemann will,
literally, stand in the limelight.
During the matches the fencing
hall will be dark, and only
the four blades will be under
the spotlight. The arena will
transform into a sort of runway
– something unusual even for
the world champion: “It’s an
uplifting feeling. Last July, I was
here and didn’t believe it would
be finished in time. It was still a
construction zone. I was afraid,
that the scaffolding was going to
fall. Now, it’s a beautiful, gigantic
building. We will definitely get
lost inside, so it’s a good thing
we’re here ahead of time.” The
arena can hold 12,000 spectators,
possibly record-breaking for a
fencing arena. The world’s most
heavily populated nation went
all out to build an outstanding
seating area.
Athletes Praise Top Shooting
Range
A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e O l y m p i c
shooting range in Laoshan – the
mountainous area west of Beijing
– is larger than any shooting
ra nge a t w h ic h t h re e - t i me
Olympic medalist Ralf Schumann
has competed. “Those are just
gigantic facilities, cleverly built
and user-friendly, with a cuttingedge design that includes great
lighting. Based on my experience
I can say ‘wow – now that’s a
shooting range.’” The breadth with
which Beijing has promoted the
practice rounds is also a novelty.
Normally, shooting is considered
a fringe sport, one which only
enjoys spectator interest during
the Olympics. However, when
Sonja Pfeilschifter came to the
World Cup in Beijing this past
spring, she sighted placards and
signs at nearly every turn, “You
just don’t see anything like that
anywhere else,” the Munich native
remarked.
German Divers Pressured to
Match China’s Success
Diving also promises to attract
extraordinary attention, thanks
to China’s Olympic champions
Fu Mingxia, Tian Liang and Guo
Jingjing, who have made a
name for the sport across the
nation. Nowhere does diving
keep more spectators glued to
their television sets, as top diver
Sascha Klein from Aachen noted,
“Here in China diving is much
more popular, on the same level
as soccer.”
German Table Tennis Players
in Hangzhou
Similar buzz surrounds other
sports well-liked by the Chinese
such as badminton, gymnastics
and table tennis – by far the
most beloved sport of the Chinese
people. Hessian Timo Boll from
Gönnern, knows this all too well.
Boll is the best non-Chinese table
tennis player in the world, one
of the few who could upset the
host country’s dream of complete
success in the sport. Boll does
everything he can to confirm this
fear: in 2006, he sacrificed an
entire summer vacation to play
for a Hangzhou team for two
months. He had never played so
hard or so often in his life, falling
into bed exhausted every night.
However, it was worth it – Boll
believes the training was hugely
beneficial, and has brought him
closer to his dream of winning a
medal in Beijing.
A German Discipline
Olympic Equestrian Events in Hong Kong
Hong Kong will be Olympic
territory during the Beijing 2008
Summer Olympic Games. Due to
the regulation of animal transport
in China, the equestrian venue
was entrusted to the Special
Administrative Region of Hong
Kong. The well-known Hong
Kong Jockey Club agreed to
design, finance, and construct the
equestrian venues for the 2008
Olympics.
The Olympic equestrian events
will take place from 9 th - 21 st
August, and the Paralympic
events from 7th - 11th September
2008. The competing teams,
the people of Hong Kong and
organizing committee, as well
as many German companies, are
looking forward to the events
now in their final preparations
stages. For Germany, equestrian
competition has always been a
highly successful Olympic event,
not only in sporting terms, but
also in terms of the German equine
industry.
Hong Kong Constructs World
Class Facilities
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
has invested around HKD 1.2bn
(approx. EUR 100m) in the
construction of the Olympic
g r o u nd s. T he he a r t o f t he
equestrian venue will be the
350,000m2 show grounds located
in Sha Tin, New Territoriesright next to one of the busiest
racetracks in the world.
The Jockey Club presented the
completed venue to the BOCOG
(Hong Kong) Organising Committee
on 26th May, and will continue
to work closely with the event
organizers, offering professional
advice on stable management,
horse management, transport and
quarantine. The Sha Tin venue
holds the jumping and dressage
events, and the cross-country leg
of the eventing competition is
held at the Beas River venue.
German Companies
Contribute Know-how
Numerous German companies
contributed their specialized
knowledge to build the Olympic
v e nu e s i n C h i na a nd Ho ng
Kong. RIEDEL Communications,
a company from Wuppertal, is
delivering all of the mobile radio
equipment for the Olympic Games
2008 in both Beijing and Hong
Kong.
German expertise is particularly
valued for the equestrian venues
in Hong Kong due to German
companies’ excellent reputation
and know-how. Specialists from
Germany have, for example, been
put in charge of the show grounds,
stables, and stadium jumping and
cross-country course design.
Oliver Hober, one of the two
leading suppliers of show grounds,
is responsible for the show grounds
at the Olympic Games. Under his
direction, the composition of the
layers for the footing in the riding
ring was arranged. The footing
in the ring is the most important
factor in the quality of a riding
arena due to its effects on a
horse’s performance and safety.
Röwe & Rüb Pferdesportsysteme
won an international tender to
supply the 300 horse stalls for
the Hong Kong equestrian venue.
The company sent managers from
Germany to supervise the correct
installation and setup of the
stables.
CARO & Olaf Petersen OHG,
a collaboration between Mr.
Frank Rothenberger and Mr. Olaf
Peterson, was hired to create
the jumps for the courses true to
the ideals of the Olympic course
designer Leopoldo Palacios. Both
men can be ranked within the top
five course designers in the world,
and have long experience in course
construction for the Olympics and
international horse shows. The
company has participated in the
construction of equestrian courses
for the Olympics since the 1988
Seoul Games.
Frank Hollmann
China Correspondent
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“Germany is the leading nation
in equestrianism, in sports as
well as in the organization of
equestrian venues. We have a
strong, internationally-recognized,
national market in equestrian
equipment. Aiming to build world
class venues for the Olympic and
Paralympic Equestrian Events, the
Hong Kong Jockey Club made use
of this expertise,” said the Club’s
Soenke Lauterbach.
Another German contribution
to the equestrian events is
logistics supplied by DB Schenker
International (HK) Ltd, one of
the official Beijing 2008 Olympics
exclusive suppliers. They provide
the venue logistics planning
and implementation as well
as movements within the two
competition venues – the Hong
Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) in
Sha Tin and Beas River.
Schenker now has a workforce
of about 350 involved in the
preparation for the Olympics.
Its responsibilities include the
handling and transportation of the
venue overlay, ice, bedding, jumps,
equipment, feed, trucks, transit
trailers, vans, forklifts, a crane, a
boom lift, and a cherry picker.
Not only the German equestrian
team, but also the entire German
equine industry, will go for the
gold during the 2008 Olympics.
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Non Sporting Events
TOGETHER Art Tour Comes
to Beijing
The GUAN XIANG Gallery in
Beijing presents the first show
of the TOGETHER ART TOUR
around the world. Artists from
different countries and cultures
a re re p re s e nt e d w i t h t he i r
interpretations of different
topics.
TOGETHER:
80 pictures on 40 artworks
80 pictures created by 7 artists
This exhibition is based on
Black and White Photography.
The topic is DEVOUR MY HEART.
Forty pictures of two dancers,
t a ke n b y t he p ho t o g ra p h ic
artist Wiechmann AietteShagal, are the material for 40
interpretations by 7 artists.
The 80 digital prints are placed
on the obverse and reverse
of the artworks. At first, the
visitor only sees the collection
of 40 pictures, which are on the
obverse. The collection, a mosaic
of photography, digital design
and painting, will be changed
twice a day, with some pictures
being turned to create new
impressions.
TOGETHER is a presentation,
which creates unforeseeable
Olympic Mix & Match
changes: compositions in
flux. Please contact Reinhold
Wiechmann, Curator, at (+86)
13552814724 or at shagal@
funpalace.org for details.
Six Boxes to Beijing:
A Journey to China in the
Olympic Year
6 German artists, Anja Bogott,
Eva Maria Enders, Sabine Hack,
Werner Müller, Aloys Rump,
and Christiane Schauder, have
brought their ‘hand luggage’ to
China. Through 18th August the
exhibit runs in Beijing’s 798
ArtGuide Gallery, in the 798
Art District near the Lido Hotel
complex.
The Beijing Cultural Development
Foundation is inaugurating its
2008 International Art Exchange
Program with this special
project.
German Business Forum
2008 during Olympics
Berlin Sailing Club Pays a
Visit to Qingdao
GCC • Beijing presents the
"German Business Forum 2008,"
a special event series addressing
"China's Economy & Society",
"Market Entry", "The Service
Industry", "Energy, Water &
the Environment", "Industry &
Infrastructure" and "Healthcare."
Half-day events, presented by
experts from well established
companies in China and from the
German Chamber are being held.
Intended for individual visitors
as well as delegations and
companies in China, the series
offers participants a platform
for the exchange of information
and experiences, and an insider's
perspective on doing business
in China. Please contact Ms.
Constanze Böning for more
information at 010 6590 0926
or [email protected].
ahk.de.
Walross IV, a 16.95m yacht built
in Berlin Köpenick for the Berlin
Academic Sailing Club as an
Olympic project, is on its way to
Qingdao. It is to arrive during
the Beijing 2008 sailing events.
Dating from 1886, the Berlin
Academic Sailing Club is a
founding member of the German
Sailing Association. The Olympic
voyage started in September of
2007 in Berlin, and the boat is
due back there in spring of 2009.
Qingdao - Sailing City
Olympic sailing host Qingdao
approached the City of Kiel
in northern Germany in 2003
about using the name ‘Qingdao
– Sailing City’ for the Beijing
Games. Since 2002 Kiel had
been called ‘KIEL.SAILING CITY’.
And, with two Olympiads (1936,
1972) under its belt, regular
visits from famous sailors (e.g.
Albert Einstein, Emperor Wilhelm
II), and as the location of the
famous Kieler Woche regatta
since 1882, it truly deserves
the designation. Qingdao
sought out Kiel’s experience,
and joint events were organized
after Lord Mayoress Angelika
Volquartz’s visit in 2004. In
2005 the Qingdao-Kiel Sailing
Camp for young people started
up. It grew into an event with
more than 1,000 participants
by 2007. Lord Mayoress
Volquartz said: “A relationship
of trusting cooperation has
been built at many levels, which
offers excellent potential for
development.” She sees the
sailing partnership billowing
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into “an excellent platform
fo r i nt e r na t io na l b u s i ne s s
exchange.”
With this goal, KIEL.SAILING
CITY and the German Centre
Beijing co-organized the ‘KielQingdao Sailing Business Cups’
series in 2005. Repeated in
Qingdao in 2006 and in Kiel
in 2007, the event’s goal is to
promote business ties between
Kiel and China, enhance
relationships in the maritime
industries, and further Kiel’s
competence as a global sailing
Mecca. German Centre Director
Leif Göritz says, “Promoting
foreign trade among SMEs is
largely a matter of personal
networks and relationships. I’m
pleased to see that this series of
events, combining sailing with
trade promotion, has become
a success.” Senior managers
from famous names like Daimler,
Volkswagen, and Leica have
participated.
China Catches up with
Overseas Experts
In some disciplines, the Middle
Kingdom’s athletes are behind
current world champions,
especially in track and field and
swimming, where China hasn’t
made much progress since the
2004 Athens Games. Hurdler Liu
Xiang is an exception, expected
to repeat his 110m victory. The
Shanghai star is feeling the
pressure of an entire nation’s
expectations.
victories. His new employer
expects the same. Nitschke is
also a successful coach – at
his first Olympics as a trainer
in 1988, he won wearing the
former GDR’s jersey. Later he
represented the newly reunified
Germany. Combined, his athletes
have won more than 100 medals
in the Olympics, World- and
European Championships. Now he
looks forward to Beijing 2008,
“It’s a huge opportunity for
China. When the world’s young
people meet, it will provide great
inspiration. We should give the
Chinese people this chance. They
have earned hosting the Games.”
Women’s Soccer Team Hopes
for Second Victory in China
Chinese Olympic Committee
Seeks Sponsorships Through
2012
The German women’s soccer
team is returning to China after
winning the FIFA 2007 World
Cup in Shanghai. Games are
taking place in cities across
the country, including Beijing,
Tianjin, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao
and Shanghai. The quarterfinals will be in all five cities,
with the semi-finals in Beijing
and Shanghai, and the final in
Beijing.
At the end of May, the Beijing
Organizing Committee (BOCOG)
returned the rights to consign
Olympic sponsorships to the
Chinese Olympic Committee
(COC). Beijing 2008 offers the
unprecedented opportunity
for companies to leverage the
favorable view the Chinese
people hold of the Olympics
movement and its values, by
purchasing sponsorships. A
special logo has been created for
this purpose, and sponsorships
are envisioned as running from
2009 through 2012.
Games begin on 6 th August,
2 days ahead of the opening,
when Germany plays Brazil
in Shenyang. Germany also
plays Nigeria on 9 th August in
Shenyang, and North Korea in
Tianjin on 12th August.
Germany is not fielding a men’s
team this year.
To re me dy s ho r t fa l l s i n
basketball, handball, soccer,
synchronized swimming, hockey
and fencing, China’s sports
organizations have recruited
roughly a dozen of the world’s
top trainers. Two former German
national trainers now work for
China as well, Wolfgang Nitschke
in wrestling, and Josef Capousek
in canoeing.
In Capousek’s era, the German
canoe team won 17 Olympic
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Linde Material Handling,
headquartered in Aschaffenburg,
Germany, is the European market
leader, and a global technology
leader, present in more than
100 countries. Linde Material
Handling continuously strives for
technological innovation, and
has been in a leading position
worldwide for many years,
offering a complete product
range and comprehensive services
and solutions. Linde Material
Handling is the only manufacturer
that applies hydrostatic
transmission technology in largescale production for industrial
trucks.
Linde (China) Forklift Truck
Corp., Ltd., established in
Xiamen in 1993, is the Asian
R & D, manufacturing, sales
and service base of Linde
Material Handling with a facility
of more than 220,000m2, and
an investment of RMB 1.7
billion made. Linde (China)
provides a complete range
of counterbalanced and
warehousing trucks, professional
and comprehensive services and
solutions, as well as logistics
design and consultancy. With
over 1,600 employees in more
than 80 locations, Linde (China)
forms an extensive service
network to effectively support
our customers all around China.
For more information about
Linde (China),
please visit www.linde-china.com
Linde (China) organized the
Linde Cup China Tour forklift
truck skill competition dubbed
the “Olympic Gala of China’s
Logistics Industry” last year.
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Excellence at Work –
Linde’s forklift trucks working
behind the scenes
An interview with Mr. CP Quek, President of Linde
Material Handling Asia Pacific and CEO of Linde (China)
to being energy-efficient and
reducing emissions. It is often
too late after equipment has been
bought, and the user can only
accept what has been bought.
GC Ticker: Linde (China)
organized the Linde Cup
China Tour forklift truck
skill competition dubbed the
“Olympic Gala of China’s
Logistics Industry” last year.
Tell us about this event:
Linde: We wanted to build up
the Olympic spirit of “higher
efficiency, faster development,
and stronger enterprises” in
the logistics industry exactly
one year before the real Beijing
2008 Olympics. Most people see
forklift trucks as a dull piece of
equipment. What we tried to
do was to put some fun into an
otherwise unsexy industry. With
more than 1,000 participants
across 20 cities in China over a
period of almost 4 months, the
Linde Cup China Tour created a
Shanghai Great World Record.
Companies who participated
in this event felt that it was a
good learning platform, a way
to enhance their work skills and
efficiency, and a good form of
teamwork. We were touched by
the passion and involvement of
the contestants who strove to
send the best possible teams to
participate.
GC Ticker: The Beijing 2008
Olympics have been declared
the Green Games, and this
year, Linde (China) started
the “Green Purchasing
Seminar Series” across China.
What is the significance of
this program?
Linde: As the leading player in
the industry, and in conjunction
with our 15 year anniversary in
China, we want to continuously
contribute to the sustainable
d e v e l o p m e n t o f s o c i e t y.
Therefore, we want to educate
our customers on the advantages
and benefits that we offer in our
products. By reducing emissions,
saving energy, and through
efficiency gains, we contribute to
environmental quality. With our
ergonomic design, reduced human
vibrations, and optimized the
number of steps to accomplish
each task – we contribute to
the health and safety of the
operators. While initial costs may
be an important consideration,
EHS benefits are equally
important to ensure sustainable
development in the mid- to
long-term. The environment is
everyone’s responsibility, and
green purchasing is the first step
GC Ticker: What is Linde
(China)’s involvement in the
Beijing Olympic Games?
Linde: Interestingly, logistics and
material handling often occur
behind the scenes and do not
get noticed easily. For example,
our forklift trucks are used in
many of the key Olympic partners’
warehouses and distribution
centers, like those of Coca-cola,
McDonalds, Adidas, Volkswagen,
Johnson & Johnson, Bank of
China, Air China, GE and many
more. I am confident that our
trucks are effective and efficient
in delivering the customers’
commitments, especially during
the peak season building up
to the Beijing Olympic Games.
Taking GE as an example, Linde’s
forklift trucks are used in the
GE-NBC Olympics business unit,
responsible for the broadcast of
the Olympic Games to billions
of viewers worldwide with more
than 4,000 hours of live Olympic
coverage. GE-NBC’s broadcast
equipment is worth millions of
dollars, comes in all shapes and
sizes, works 24 hours a day,
and, therefore, requires the best
material handling equipment and
service available.
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Franchise Registration for International Franchisors in China
-- The Registration Process & Potential Problems
by Michael Liu, Dr. jur. (Münster),
LL.M. (Münster), M. A. in English,
Attorney-at-Law, BRIGHT & RIGHT
Partner and BBAC Vice President
Please see the complete article at:
http://www.brightandright.com/
English/Publications/ShowArticle.
asp?ArticleID=37
The full version of the article can
also be found in the BRIGHT &
RIGHT Olympic Dedication special
publication.
BRIGHT & RIGHT is a leading fullservice law firm with a strong,
German-speaking team, dedicated
to offering global clients pragmatic,
high-quality, cost-effective services.
BRIGHT & RIGHT enjoys rich,
successful experience representing
international franchisors from the EU
and the USA in the implementation
of franchise registration with the
Ministry of Commerce of China.
Franchising in China and its
Regulation
By May 2007, there were 2,600
franchising systems in China,
covering more than 60 branches
of industry, with 200,000 total
franchise outlets. Thus China has
become the country with the
most franchising systems in the
world. Government is increasingly
regulating franchising and has
made franchise registration
mandatory to protect franchisees.
Unfortunately, franchise registration
is a lengthy process requiring
meticulous attention to detail and
an understanding of the franchisor’s
country’s economic system as
well as successful experience in
franchise registration in China.
Where must one register?
For franchising activities restricted
to a province, autonomous region,
or municipality directly under
the Central Government – with
the governmental organization in
charge of commerce in that entity.
For franchising activities extending
beyond one of the said areas –
with the Ministry of Commerce in
Beijing.
Documents required?
a.Basic information on franchise
operations;
b.Outlet locations for all
franchisees in China;
c.The franchisor’s market
development plan;
d.A copy of the business license of
the enterprise, legal person, or
other legal entity;
e.IPR registration certificates and
other management resources
related to franchising operations;
f. Proof of two directly operated
outlets operated for more than
one year prior to the start of
franchising, either within or
outside of China;
g.A sample franchise agreement;
h.The index of the operating
manual with page numbers;
i. Approval documentation for
administrative permits when
necessary; and
j. The franchisor’s letter of
undertaking.
Consequences of failing to
register?
There is no material effect on the
validity of a franchise agreement,
but administrative fines from RMB
10,000 to 100,000 are collected,
and a public announcement made.
A German “Athlete’s” Contribution to
Green Olympics in China
The theme ‘Green Olympics’ has
b e e n h ig h l ig ht e d b y B e i j i ng
2008’s organizers, and has lead
to many achievements certain to
be appreciated for a long time
to come. Among these, a German
company’s efforts deserve special
mention for the clearly athletic
v i r t u e s of p e r s e v e ra nc e a nd
diligence displayed in furthering
Beijing’s goal of putting on a Green
Olympics.
With great effort, spanning years,
Peter Küsters, managing director of
Beijing Greenlink Küsters Consulting
Co. Ltd. almost single handedly
created a market where none had
existed before: promoting the
ecological and economic advantages
of green roofs. Pioneer blood runs
thick in Peter, as his father was a
well known green roof pioneer in
Germany. Today, the company has
gone a step further in promoting
sustainability by offering “green
walls” as well. Founded in 2002,
it remains the only wholly foreign
owned enterprise in this field in
China.
Focusing mainly on the demanding
market of foreign investors, the
firm custom designs each garden
with German quality and precision
- whether it is a traditional
landscape, modern roofscape or
space age wallscape - to the client’s
specifications. Greenlink Küsters
systems are team engineered,
bearing the individual customer’s
needs in mind. With skill and
experience, the firm’s internationally
diverse designers, engineers, and
artisans craft each part, with
an extensive quality crosscheck
employed before staff add their
names to the final product.
The green roof concept, as
implemented by Küsters, goes
beyond the common understanding
of landscape design and
engineering to include economical
considerations combined with
ecologically beneficial concepts and
ideas, resulting in a sustainable
whole that pays for itself in short
order. Life cycle costs are the key.
The increased insulation values
provided by a green roof, result
in savings on heating and cooling
costs, lengthen the life of a roof
by preventing UV-induced decay,
may entitle the building owner to
greenhouse gas emissions credits,
provide added space and aesthetic
appeal, potentially increase the
value of the property, and heighten
the marketability as a whole of any
city which boasts a high percentage
of green roofs.
A sample of Greenlink Küsters’
work may be seen at the Deutsches
Haus, the official Olympic Embassy
of Germany during the Games in
Beijing, as well as the outdoor
studio for ZDF, a German TV channel
that will broadcast live from
Beijing.
Green roofs find first mention in
known history as the hanging
gardens of Mesopotamia in the 7th
century B.C. Much later, roofs in
Scandinavia were covered with sod
for insulation and waterproofing.
While occasionally used in luxury
buildings throughout the centuries,
roof gardens were rediscovered
in Germany around 1970. First
appearing in the form of potted
plants on roofs and grass on parking
structures, by the late 1970s many
sophisticated approaches to roof
garden design had evolved. Today,
some German cities, like Stuttgart,
even require green roof technology
to be incorporated into any building
with a flat roof built in the city.
Nowadays, green roofs are more and
more common in China’s 1st and
2nd-tier cities as well, with Beijing
leading the way. So it doesn’t come
as a surprise that Greenlink Küsters
gave a large number of the city’s
buildings, built especially for the
Olympics, their very own green hats.
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GMH – Quality Through Innovation
GC Ticker: What is your
main line of business?
GMH: Both our origins and our
current corporate activities
center mainly on the making
and processing of steel. We now
process iron, steel and aluminum
- from the raw material all the
way to the finished product - at
the Georgsmarienhütte Group’s
v a r io u s c o m p a ny l o c a t io ns
around the world.
GC Ticker interviews Mr. Joeran F.
Treppschuh, Chief Representative
of the GMH GROUP, China.
GC Ticker: Mr. Treppschuh,
what do the three letters
GMH stand for?
GMH: GMH stands for Georgs
Marien Hütte. GeorgsMarienHütte
GmbH is the heart of the
Georgsmarienhütte Group.
The GMH Group consists of 51
subsidiaries. Founded in 1856
b y K i ng G e o rge a nd Q u e e n
Mary of Hanover, the group was
acquired in April of 1993 by
Dr. Jürgen Grossmann. He created
an independent, medium-sized,
state-of-the-art steel maker
offering its customers flexibility,
quality and reliability. With
more than 10,000 employees
and annual revenue of EUR 3 bn,
GMH Group is a global supplier
of high-end steel products.
Beijing’s Olympic Subway
Lines 5 and 10 Run
Smoothly Thanks to
Windhoff’s Maintenance
Equipment
Windhoff Bahn- und
Anlagentechnik GmbH is a part of
the Plant Engineering department
of Georgsmarienhütte Holding.
Founded in 1889, the company
continued to offer railroad
technology and plant engineering
for steel, aluminum, and paper
producers through the turn of
the millennium. It still offers a
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wide range of products related
to rail transportation, and is
in good company at GMH with
Radsatzfabrik Ilsenburg and the
Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik,
two other subsidiaries of the
group that are among the most
important suppliers of wheels and
wheel sets.
Traditionally, Windhoff has
produced customized and one-off
products with each installation
being tailored exactly to the
customer’s needs. In the field
of railroad service depots, the
GC Ticker: What are your
main activities in China?
GMH: All 51 subsidiaries of GMH
are highly specialized in their
fields. With total revenue of RMB
600 mn in China, the main fields
of our business are castings and
forgings for the turbine and
generator industry. We also have
many projects in the automotive,
railway and logistics industry,
supplying high alloy tool steels
for the casting and plastic mold
industry around China.
For many years GMH has focused
on high reliability and lasting
quality in the industry. I always
tell prospects: “We sell first
class products, and that’s all we
have!”
firm delivers not only high-tech
equipment, but turnkey servicing
centers, like the subterranean
one delivered to Singapore’s
Land Transit Authority (LTA)
in 2007. Windhoff is also the
principal contractor for the highspeed ICE trains’ service depots
operated by DB AG. The company
is applying this know-how to the
Chinese market. High demand for
Windhoff’s high-tech products is
expected in the coming years, as
service and safety of the highspeed trains purchased by China
needs to be assured.
GC Ticker: What accounts
for GMH’s success in world
market?
GMH: We are a group of mediumsi z e d c o m p a n ie s th a t w o r k
together as partners. Though
for all of us our origins and core
activities are rooted in steel,
we work with various metallic
materials nowadays with a range
of complex end products on
offer. We adhere to the principles
of short decision-making paths,
relentless focus on quality, and
of acting pragmatically and
efficiently in the interests of
the customer. Flat hierarchies
offer the freedom to think
creatively. The open exchange
of knowledge and information
is one of our collective work
principles. Constructive criticism
and a candid approach to
nonconformance management
characterize our work together.
This is especially helpful in
my daily business striving for
success in the Chinese market.
Whenever I have a concern, I
talk directly to the CEO of the
company in question to find
an instant solution. This makes
my life easier and enhances
customer satisfaction.
Windhoff has been very successful
in China in the last few years.
This success included an order for
two underfloor lifting plants from
Beijing Metro Co. These units are
able to lift a complete subway
train for maintenance and safety
checks quickly and securely.
T h a n k s t o W i nd hof f ’ s h ig h
technology, the smooth servicing
of Line 5 and Line 10 trains
will assure the safety of visitors
during the Beijing Olympics.
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The 2008 Paralympic Games
The symbol and colors of the
Olympic Games for people with
physical disabilities are meant to
represent sun, heaven, and earth.
The mascot is 乐乐 Lele, the
happy cow. Cows are traditionally
seen in a positive light in China,
and stand for stability and being
down-to-earth, as well as for
friendly openness.
Tickets
Tickets for the Paralympic Games
2008 can be ordered from the
National Paralympic Committee
Germany (www.dbs-npc.de) or
from BOCOG (en.paralympic.
beijing2008.cn).
About two weeks after the 2008
Olympic Games come to an
end, the 13th Paralympic Games
will also be held in Beijing,
September 6 th-17 th. Using the
same venues as the Olympics,
some of the events will also take
place outside of Beijing: sailing
in Qingdao, equestrian in Hong
Kong. Competition will be in 20
disciplines, with 4,000 athletes
from 150 countries participating.
The German contingent will
consist of 180 athletes and 120
support staff. Rowing is making
its Paralympic debut this year.
The Paralympic Newspaper
As during the last Paralympics
in Athens and Turin, there will
be a “Paralympic Newspaper”
- a joint European-Chinese
student project. The students
will publish four issues, each
in up to five languages. In
a dd i tio n to re p o rts o n the
competition, prominent persons
from government and society
will contribute commentary. Ads
as well as editorial cooperation
are most welcome.Please contact
Constanze Boening for details:
Email: boening.constanze@
bj.china.ahk.de
Tel: 010-6590 0926 ext. 201
All issues will be available
online at www.china.ahk.de/
beijing2008/.
The German Paralympic Club
Competition Schedule
there will be a German Paralympic
Club, a central meeting place
for German athletes, media,
politicians and friends of the
Paralympic movement. The club
will be situated in the immediate
vicinity of the Olympic Green,
and its grand opening will be
on 7 th September. Until the
17 th there will be daily press
c o n f e re nc e s ( b e t w e e n 4 p m
and 5pm) and Paralympic after
parties. Evening events will
feature different themes, such
as ‘Berlin Night’ or ‘Sino-German
Night.’ Sponsorship and company
events are possible. The German
Paralympic Club is open to
everyone, day tickets cost about
€40.
For further information, event
booking and tickets please
contact Dominique Breil:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +49 221 577-7746
Similar to the German Olympic
Association’s Deutsches Haus,
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S
9
S
11
T
12
W
13
T
14
F
Finals
Closing Ceremony
Athletics
2
4
6
Rowing
R
7
7
Badminton
1
2
2
Baseball
6
5
3
6
7
R
1
1
1
2
5
6
11
Canoe/Kayak -- Flatwater
6
Canoe/Kayak -- Slalom
2
1
1
3
1
2
3
10
2
4
Cycling -- Mountain Bike
Cycling -- BMX
1
1
R
R
1
Equestrian -- Dressage
Equestrian -- Eventing
Fencing
1
R
R
1
1
2
R
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
10
1
4
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
14
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
Date of Birth: 3 November 1969,
in Eutin, Schleswig Holstein
Height: 177cm, Weight: 60kg
Discipline: Swimming
Challenge: Paraplegia after
motorcycle accident
Record: Gold, Silver and Bronze
Medal, 2004 Athens Games
Motto: Don’t dream about your
life, live your dream!
18
1
1
4
2
4
4
2
1
1
1
R
34
2
Table Tennis
Archery
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
Matches
Finals
Opening/Closing
13
19
Ceremonies
17
17
R:TBD
16
2
8
4
1
1
1
4
15
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Beach Volleyball
14
2
1
2
2
R
1
1
23
20
Volleyball
7
2
4
2
Finals
8
1
Triathlon
Sailing
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
11
1
1
Tennis
www.china.ahk.de
1
1
Taekwondo
Date of birth: 21 December
1978, in Münster
Height: 170cm, Weight: 56kg
Discipline: Athletics (long jump,
100 m & 200 m sprint)
Challenge: Artificial leg
Record: Bronze Medal long
jump, 2007 World Championship
(Taipei)
Motto: No go? No way!
3
1
Softball
Date of Birth: 11 November
1968, in Tegernsee, Bavaria
Height: 186cm, weight: 70kg
Discipline: Cycling
Challenge: Paraplegia after car
accident
Record: Two Gold Medals in the
2004 Athens Games
Motto: Be strong when it really
counts.
2
Modern Pentathlon
2
2
7
2
Aquatics -- Water-polo
Shooting
2
14
1
1
1
1
2
Aquatics -- Syn. swimming
Aquatics -- Diving
1
15
1
2
2
G
1
1
2
2
2
1
Football
Aquatics -- Swimming
st
R
2
1
Wrestling -- Freestyle
th
2
2
Equestrian -- Jumping
Wrestling -- Greco-Roman
rd
12
4
1
Cycling -- Road
6
2
Cycling -- Track
Judo
Astrid Höfte
1
Boxing
Hockey
Michael Teuber
47
Basketball
Handball
Kristin Bruhn
1
5
R
Weightlifting
German Medal Hopefuls
7
14
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Astrid Höfte
16
S
SPORT
Artistic Gymnastics
Michael Teuber
15
S
Opening Ceremony
Gymnastics -- Trampoline
Kristin Bruhn
10
M
30
34
18
20
11
R
R
11
1
1
2
2
31
12
302
G:Performance
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