The 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center, China’s tallest building, opened last weekend after 14 years of development. This video from Chinese television gives a walk-through.
Dancer Liu Yan was set to be the only solo dancer during an Olympics opening ceremony featuring over 15,000 performers, when a platform gave way in rehearsal, plunging her 10 feet onto her back, and paralyzing her from the chest down.
Some scenes from the Olympics opening ceremony that began at 8pm today.
The band African China performs their song “Crisis” in a music video.
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