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Dalai Lama urges calm Tibet torch relay
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
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The torch is expected to pass through Tibet over the next week, although exact details of its schedule are kept from public following unrest in the province against Chinese rule in March. The Nobel Peace Laureate said he had always fully supported the...
Tags: tibet, china, support, olympics, Tibetan, 14th Dalai Lama, Chinaï, olympic torch, torch relay, news
Ethnic culture brings ancient city to life
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility What fascinates tourists from home and abroad about the ancient city of Lijiang?...After Lijiang was listed as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site in December 1997, the 800-year-old city came back to vigor and vitality. Lijiang for its remarkable...
Tags: World Heritage City Lijiang, Southwest China, Chinaï, China Mobile, olympic torch, Deng Yaping, torch relay, Sichuan Province, beijing olympic, olympic games
Relay adds more color to Yunnan
Kunming :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The World Horticulture Expo Garden in Kunming, capital of Yunnan, was more colorful than ever on Monday, as thousands of residents from 26 nationalities donned their festive costumes to cheer the start of the three-day torch relay in the province. Symbols...
Tags: torch relay, Yunnan Province, olympic torch, World Heritage City Lijiang, olympic flame, beijing olympic, Kunming, Southwest China
Beijing Olympic torch relay kicks off in Baise
Bose :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Baise started at 9:38 a.m. on Sunday at the Culture Garden in Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the first leg run by schoolmaster Zhou Biaoliang.
Tags: torch relay, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, olympic torch, beijing olympic, Baise, Southwestern China
Olympic flame visits Chairman Mao's hometown
Nanning :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Olympic flame arrived at Xiangtan and county-level city Shaoshan, birthplace of Chairman Mao Zedong, taking the last leg of torch relay in Hunan province on Thursday. Following a one-minute silence tribute to those killed in May 12 Sichuan earthquake,...
Tags: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, torch relay, Hunan Science, olympic flame, Xiangtan University, olympic torch, Southwestern China, chairman mao, tourist city, weightlifting champion
Olympic champion lifter to start torch relay in Guangxi
Nanning :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China's Olympic weightlifting champion Tang Lingsheng will be the first bearer at the 2008 Olympic torch relay's Guangxi leg on Friday, a government official said Thursday. Tang, the 26th Olympic Games' weightlifting champion, will start the 3-day torch...
Tags: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Autonomous Region, torch relay, olympic torch
Olympic torch tours Changsha
Changsha :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic flame continues its journey in Hunan Province. Wednesday's torch relay covers the provincial capital, Changsha. As during previous legs, a minute of silence by all the participants was held as a mark of respect to...
Tags: torch relay, Hunan University, Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, olympic torch
Olympic torch relay ends Hubei stop
Jingzhou :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic torch relay has successfully wrapped up in central China's Hubei province. The last stop in the province finished at noon on Monday at Shalongda Square in Jingzhou city. During the three-day relay, local people showed...
Tags: torch relay, olympic torch, China, Jingzhou, Hubei, hubei province, olympic flame, central china, Sichuan
Olympic Torch Relay Concludes in Yichang
Yichang :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Torchbearer Li Ting runs with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Yichang, Central China's Hubei Province, May 31, 2008.
Tags: Beijing, Olympics, Central China, China Daily, olympic torch, Hubei Province, Jingzhou Town, Yangtze River, torch relay, gorges project, middle reached, Karen Mok
Torch relay might be shortened in Sichuan
Wuhan :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility IST(31/5/2008) The Olympic torch relay in the earthquake-battered Sichuan province of China might be shortened, as the organisers are mulling striking off the cities badly hit by the temblor from the schedule. Mianyang, Guanghan and Dujiangyan provinces...
Tags: torch relay, olympic torch, Central China, Sichuan, hit sichuan, Guanghan, Dujiangyan, sichuan provinces, Mianyang, Xinhua
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