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Olympic torch tours Xinjiang

Olympic torch tours Xinjiang WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 06-17-2008 15:10 Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games The leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Urumqi, capital of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was held on...

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18 Jun 08 visit Olympic torch relay concludes in Kashgar  »  YouTube videoOlympic torch relay concludes in Kashgar WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 06-18-2008 13:24 Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic torch relay continues its domestic tour, and it has just passed through its second stop in the Xinjiang...
22 Jun 08 visit Olympic torch relay in Lhasa  »  YouTube videoOlympic torch relay in Lhasa WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 06-21-2008 13:29 The torch relay for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has run across Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The relay in Lhasa began at 9 am on Saturday morning at the...
23 May 08 visit CCTV-9: Olympic torch relay kicks off in Shanghai  »  YouTube videoOlympic torch relay kicks off in Shanghai WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 05-23-2008 13:54 Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games The Olympic torch relay made its run through Shanghai on Friday morning. It was carried by 208 torch bearers, including...
07 Apr 08 visit Protesting the Olympic torch relay  »  Tim Johnson If the mayhem during the London Olympic torch relay was any indication, it’s gonna be a long journey before the torch gets to Beijing for the Summer Games. The photo above is of a protester during the relay Sunday in...
15 Jun 08 visit Olympic Fever in Xinjiang  »  Opposite End of China Two vaguely related news items today, both of which tie into the whole pre-Olympic security craziness we've been living through in China lately... First, the Olympic torch is heading to Xinjiang on Wednesday... probably. Surprised? So is everybody else,...
27 Apr 07 visit IHT: Beijing announces lavish Olympic torch relay, but Taiwan backs out  »  Peking Duck So Beijing announced the route of the Olympic torch relay. It's a long, grand, and glorious march to 2008 and the route will take the Olympic flame nearly 85,000 miles over five continents but it's the proposed stops in Tibet...

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