Foreign reporters visiting Qingdao were impressed by the city's preparations for the Olympic sailing events. They praised the advanced green energy technology being used at the Olympic Sailing Center and noted the excellent living conditions and facilities available to local residents, such as free outdoor exercise equipment. The reporters planned to cover not just the sports events but also Chinese society, economy and people's lives for their audiences around the world during the Beijing Olympics. Some commented that Western media should visit China directly rather than making judgments based on limited knowledge.

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Everything readyin Qingdao: Media
Updated: 2008-04-18 07:29
Foreign reporters were impressed by Olympic co-host city Qingdao and praised
its Olympic preparation work during a visit there this week.
Most paid close attention to the city's environment, the advanced green energy
technology of the Olympic Sailing Center, as well as the Qingdao citizens' living
conditions.
"China has a wonderful sailing center in Qingdao and the preparation work here
is good," Khoshlahje from Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency said.
"The government has put free gym equipment all along the road and in
communities. Local residents can go out of their homes and exercise at any
time," Jacqueline Blackie, a media official from the New Zealand embassy, said.
Alizia Borsari from the Italian Radio and Television Broadcasting Co said: "During
the Olympic Games, we will dispatch at least 100 reporters to Beijing. And we will
have a live broadcast for the Beijing Olympic Games at that time," Borsari said.
"Besides sports events during the Games, we will also focus on China's society,
economy, people's lives - everything related to the Beijing Olympic Games," she
stressed.
"Some Western media gave many reports on boycotting the Beijing Olympic
Games because they know little about China. They should come here and see
China through their own eyes," Osman Erol, a representative correspondent of
Turkey's Cihan News Agency, said.
On Mondya and Tuesday, 19 reporters were in Qingdao to cover the city's
preparations for the Olympic sailing events.
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