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Robles after win: Wish Liu was here

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Cuba’s Dayron Robles reacts after winning the men’s 110m hurdles final at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 21, 2008. Robles won the 110m hurdles Olympic title within 12.93 seconds. The 21-year-old beat home two US athletes, David Payne (13.17sec) and David Oliver (13.18sec). [Agencies]

Dayron Robles must have missed Liu Xiang in the 110m hurdles line-up, for no one pushed even closer to his record of 12.87 seconds, let alone try to break it.

This is precisely where the ace Chinese hurdler could have made all the difference to the Cuban Robles and the others on the track yesterday.

No wonder Robles said after the race: “It’s disappointing Liu Xiang is not here. When he is there, you can feel his presence.”

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Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Chinese dancers perform the “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, at the Olympic Village in Beijing July 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Chinese dancers perform the “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, at the Olympic Village in Beijing July 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Chinese dancers perform the “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, at the Olympic Village in Beijing July 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Chinese dancers perform the “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, at the Olympic Village in Beijing July 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Chinese dancers perform the “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, at the Olympic Village in Beijing July 31, 2008.

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Route for 2008 Olympic torch relay

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

 

 

 

 

The torch for the 2008 Olympic Games has been lit successfully in ancient Olympia, Greece. The torch will begin a 130-day, 85,000-mile journey starting Monday. That will take it from the site of Olympia to Beijing, where the Summer Games is scheduled for August.

 

While much of the trip will be aboard a chartered jet, tens of thousands of torch-bearers, including 19,400 in China, will carry the flame on foot through 23 cities on five continents and then throughout China, where tens of millions of ordinary people have been aspiring to see the arrival of the torch.

 

 

 

The Planned Route

Date
Arrival
Date
Arrival
Date
Arrival
March 24
 Lighting Ceremony at Olympia
May 20-21
 Shanghai
June 30
 Gansu Lanzhou
March 24-29
 Torch Relay in Greece
May 22
 Jiangsu Suzhou
July 2
 Ningxia Zhongwei
March 30
 Greece
Hand-over Ceremony
May 22
 Nantong
July 3
 Wuzhong
March 31
 Beijing
May 23
 Taizhou
July 4
 Yinchuan
April 1
 Heading to Almaty
May 23
 Yangzhou
July 5
 Shaanxi Yan’an
April 2
 Almaty
May 24
 Nanjing
July 6
 Yangling
April 3
 Istanbul
May 26
 Anhui Hefei
July 6
 Xianyang
April 5
 St. Petersburg
May 27
 Huainan
July 7
 Xi’an
April 6
 London
May 27
 Wuhu
July 8
 Shanxi Yuncheng
April 7
 Paris
May 28
 Jixi
July 8
 Pingyao
April 9
 San Francisco
May 28
 Huangshan
July 9
 Taiyuan
April 11
 Buenos Aires
May 29
 Hubei Wuhan
July 10
 Datong
April 13
 Dar es Salaam
May 30
 Yichang
July 11
 Inner Mongolia Hohhot
April 14
 Muscat
May 31
 Jingzhou
July 12
 Ordos
April 16
 Islamabad
June 1
 Hunan Yueyang
July 12
 Baotou
April 17
 New Delhi
June 2
 Changsha
July 13
 Chifeng
April 19
 Bangkok
June 3
 Shaoshan
July 14
 Heilongjiang Qiqihar
April 21
 Kuala Lumpur
June 4
 Guangxi Guilin
July 15
 Daqing
April 22
 Jakarta
June 5
 Nanning
July 16
 Harbin
April 24
 Canberra
June 6
 Baise
July 17
 Jilin Songyuan
April 26
 Nagano
June 7
 Yunnan Kunming
July 17
 Changchun
April 27
 Seoul
June 8
 Lijiang
July 18
 Jilin
April 28
 Pyongyang
June 9
 Xamgyi’nyilha
July 19
 Yanji
April 29
 Ho Chi Minh City
June 10
 Guizhou Guiyang
July 20
 Liaoniing Shenyang
May 2
 Hong Kong
June 11
 Kaili
July 21
 Benxi
June 12
 Zunyi
July 21
 Liaoyang
May 3
 Macao
June 13-14
 Chongqing
July 21
 Anshan
May 4
 Hainan Sanya
June 15
 Sichuan Guang’an
July 22
 Dalian
May 5
 Wuzhishan
June 15
 Mianyang
July 23
 Shandong Yantai
May 5
 Wanning
June 16
 Guanghan
July 23
 Weihai
May 6
 Haikou
June 16
 Leshan
July 24
 Qingdao
May 7
 Guangdong Guangzhou
June 17
 Zigong
July 24
 Rizhao
May 8
 Shenzhen
June 17
 Yibin
July 25
 Linyi
May 9
 Huizhou
June 18
 Chengdu
July 25
 Qufu
May 10
 Shantou
June 19
 Tibet Shannan Diqu
July 25
 Taian
May 11
 Fujian Fuzhou
June 20-21
 Lhasa
July 26
 Jinan
May 12
 Quanzhou
June 22
 Qinghai Golmud
July 28
 Henan Shangqiu
May 12
 Xiamen
June 23
 Qinghai Hu
July 28
 Kaifeng
May 13
 Longyan
June 24
 Xining
July 29
 Zhengzhou
May 14
 Jiangxi Ruijin
June 25
 Xinjiang Urumqi
July 30
 Luoyang
May 15
 Jinggangshan
June 26
 Kashi
July 31
 Anyang
May 16
 Nanchang
June 27
 Shihezi
August 1
 Hebei Shijiazhuang
May 17
 Zhejiang Wenzhou
June 27
 Changji
August 2
 Qinhuangdao
May 17
 Shaoxing
June 28
 Gansu Dunhuang
August 3
 Tangshan
May 18
 Hangzhou
June 28
 Jiayuguan
August 4-5

Tianjin

 
May 19
 Ningbo
June 29
 Jiuquan
August 6-8
 Beijing
May 19
 Jiaxing
June 30
 Tianshui

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Olympic volunteers

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Volunteers prepare for providing services at a street stall in Niujie street in Beijing, capital of China, July 23, 2008. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approaches, more than 400,000 volunteers have been working at 550 street stalls around Beijing since July, providing information, emergency aid and translation services for people from around the world. A total of 74,615 volunteers will provide services at Games venues, the Olympic Village and media centers of the Olympic Games. In addition, one million “social volunteers” have been helping to keep traffic and maintain social order in the communities and townships of Beijing.(Xinhua Photo)

Volunteers work at a street stall at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, capital of China, July 23, 2008. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approaches, more than 400,000 volunteers have been working at 550 street stalls around Beijing since July, providing information, emergency aid and translation services for people from around the world. (Xinhua Photo)

Photo taken on July 23, 2008 shows a Fuwa, mascot of the Beijing Olympics Games, hungs at a street stall at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, capital of China. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approaches, more than 400,000 volunteers have been working at 550 street stalls around Beijing since July, providing information, emergency aid and translation services for people from around the world. (Xinhua Photo)

A volunteer (1st R), who is an Arabic translator, introduces to other volunteers how to serve people in the religious sites at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, capital of China, July 23, 2008. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approaches, more than 400,000 volunteers have been working at 550 street stalls around Beijing since July, providing information, emergency aid and translation services for people from around the world.(Xinhua Photo)

Tian Kaili, who is an Chinese-American and also a volunteer, hangs Olympic wishing cards on a tree at a street stall in Niujie street in Beijing, capital of China, July 23, 2008. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approaches, more than 400,000 volunteers have been working at 550 street stalls around Beijing since July, providing information, emergency aid and translation services for people from around the world. (Xinhua Photo)

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