China Daily, the national English-language newspaper, launched an eight-page weekly publication devoted to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Friday.

 

The Olympian, printed in color in tabloid size, is available across the world along with China Daily.

 

The publication will give English readers a comprehensive and close access to the Beijing Games, the preparations and the people involved in making it a success.

 

The Olympian is expected to be expanded to 16 pages at the end of the year, and will turn into a 48-page daily during the Beijing Games in August 2008.

 

In the past 25 years, China Daily has become one of the major sources of information about China for Western readers and is one of the most widely-quoted media organizations in China.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 6, 2007)