Countdown clock to mark 500-day before the Games
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-03-27 09:46
Chinese students jumps for a
photo in front of the Olympic countdown clock displaying 500 days to the
Olympic Games in Tiananmen Square,Beijing March 26, 2007. A series of
events are organized in China's major cities to mark the 500-day countdown
to the Beijing Olympics.[Xinhua] 
| "...Three, Two, One, Zero!" Hundreds
of people witnessed with emotion the 500-day countdown to the opening of the
Beijing Olympic Games in front of the National Museum at Tian'anmen Square in
Beijing, as the countdown clock to the Games clicked to the exact time of eight
o'clock on March 26, 2007.
In an effort to involve as many people as possible in the preparations for
the forthcoming Olympics, from this Tuesday, a variety of celebrations will be
staged in the city and the rest of the country to commemorate the 500-day
countdown to the Beijng Olympic Games.
The Games is scheduled to open in Beijing on August 8, 2008.
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