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China's meteorological administration has pledged it will make every effort to ensure timely and accurate weather forecasts during the Beijing Olympics.

• Official Album for 2008 Olympic Games Released
The launch ceremony of the Official Album for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games took place in Beijing on July 8, 2008, with one month to go for the big sports event.

• The Guardian of Tibetan Antelope ,
Middle-aged Zhe Tai gives people a mild impression at first. He doesn't talk much unless you begin to ask about Hoh Xil and the Tibetan antelope.

• Images of Chinese Migrant Workers in Foreign Artist's Lens
In December 2007, Helen Couchman photographed a large group of migrant workers building venues for the Olympic Games.

• Olympics Landscape Sculpture Travelling Exhibition in Beijing
The 2008 Olympics Landscape Sculpture Travelling Exhibition was held at the China Millennium Monument on Sunday morning.

• National Aquatics Center-Water Cube
The venue test event will be launched at the National Aquatics Center in February 2008.

• Fencing
The 2008 Olympic Fencing competition will be held from August 9-17.

• Rowing
In 2008, the Olympic Rowing competition will be held from August 9-27.

• Beach Volleyball
Today we are going to talk about a sport that embraces the golden sunshine and sand in summer - Beach Volleyball.

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• Beijing Subway Line 10 - The Olympic Venue Connector
The highly anticipated Olympic subway line 10 will open before July 20. Another two lines, the Olympic branch line and the airport link, will open on the same day.

• Olympics Help to Improve Beijing's Volunteer Work
The 2008 Olympic Games are expected to attract more people in the Chinese capital to participate in volunteer work in the future.

• Olympic Cheering Squads Unveiled in Beijing
Beijing Olympic cheering squads were unveiled on Tuesday.

• Motorcycle Team Tours to Beijing Olympics
A motorcycle team began its intercontinental tour from Greece to Beijing on Monday.

• Olympic Volunteers, Ready to Serve
Olympic volunteers in China's host cities of Qingdao and Hong Kong are undertaking intensive training for the upcoming Games.

• Olympic Games to Boost Tourism
Beijing is expected to receive about 450,000 overseas tourists during the Olympic Games, for a total added income of over 400 million U.S. dollars.

• Green Olympics
Since China won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, Beijing has worked to embody a "Green Olympics" concept in every step of its preparation work.

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• Brown Wishes Beijing Olympics Great Success

• British PM Says Beijing Olympics to Be Greatest One in History

"This is going to be the greatest Olympic Games ever," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday morning when visiting the National Stadium, the main venue of the Beijing Olympic Games.

• Olympic PR Strategy
On January 21st, China will celebrate the 200 day countdown to the Beijing Olympics, bringing the country just less than seven months to the big event.

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• 1900 Paris
France is the home country of Pierre de Coubertin -the first president of International Olympic Committee. However, because the French government took over the organizing and combined the Games with the World Expo, the 2nd Olympic Games turned out to be quite a disappointment.

• 1896 Athens
Greece is known as the original home of the Olympic Games, and it was unanimously given the right to host the first modern Olympics in 1896 by the International Olympic Committee.

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"We Are Ready!"	"We Are Ready!" -- Beijing Is Ready!	Beijing Hutongs Double Up As Olympic Family Hotels
"Dream Weavers 2008" Makes Its Debut	Looking Beyond the 2008 Olympics	Doing Morning Exercises to Go with Olympics
Buddhist Monks Join Olympic Countdown Celebrations	New Olympic Chapter Unfolds	"We Are Ready!" -- Beijing Is Ready!
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• Beijing Trying Best to Ensure Safe Olympic Games

• Image and Look of Beijing Olympic Torch Relay Released

• Aviation Sector Gets Boost from Olympics

• Singh Wishes Success for Beijing Olympics

• Beijing to Build More Fire Stations for Safety of Olympics

• Beijing to Become Big Olympic Garden

• Learn To Be Thrifty and Hold Cultural Olympics

• Business Opportunities Brought by Beijing Olympic Games

• China Invites World for 2008 Olympics

• Chilean Gold, Copper to Be Used in Beijing Olympics Medals

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	Route Map

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will traverse the longest distance, cover the greatest area and include the largest number of people.

Tickets on Sale
More than 7 million tickets went on sale for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Seventy-five percent of the tickets are for domestic sale and the rest are for sale outside of China.

Hong Kong
Hong Kong having over 100 years' history of horse racing, it's natural for it to host the Olympic Equestrian competitions.

Qingdao
In 2008, the city will host sailing competitions for the Olympic Games. The races are set for August 9-21.

Shenyang
In 2008, Shenyang will host eight football games, including preliminaries and semifinals.

Shanghai
Nicknamed "Paris of the East" and "Queen of the Orient," Shanghai is China's largest city with nearly 17 million people.

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• 2008, Set out with a Smile!
A One-Year-to-Go Meeting of volunteers was held before one year countdown to the Beijing Olympics.

• "Smile Beijing"
Volunteers joined a campaign to beautify their surrounds and encourage other residents to take care of the environment.

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