A beautiful girl speaking with hands

Hearing-and speech-impaired stage presenter Jiang Xintian lights the Paralympic flame during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games flame lighting and torch relay launching ceremony at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing August 28, 2008. 天哪，圣火使者姜馨田太漂亮了！！

Closing Ceremony

Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Game was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. The Ceremony included the handover of the games from Beijing to London.

Beijing 2008

Michael Phelps has become the most decorated gold medallist in history, winning eight gold medals in a single Game.

Beijing Olympic opening Ceremony

Chinese basketball star Yao Ming leads the Chinese delegation during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing.

Former gymnast Li Ning is lifted with the torch to light the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

體操王子"變身空中飛人點燃北京奧運主火炬. 四十三歲的李寧洛杉磯奧運會上奪得三面金牌，

Summer Games opening ceremony

BEIJING - On the eighth day of the eighth month of the eighth year of the millennium, China welcomed the world to the 29th Olympiad with a blockbuster opening ceremony that launched arguably the most anticipated and assuredly the most controversial Games in modern Olympic history. Fireworks illuminate the sky over the National Stadium after the Olympic cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest.

北京奧運不只是一場運動盛會，亦被視為中國晉身為世界現代強國的加冕大典。 在北京鳥巢國家體育場舉行的奧運會開幕禮於8月8日晚上八時開始，現場有近十萬觀眾和約八十位國家政府元首。

Beijing 2008

The Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad will be held Aug. 8 at the National Stadium in Beijing. The ceremony will consist of pageantry, a parade of nations and protocol. The Opening Ceremony will take place on 8/8/08 at 8 p.m. (The number 8 is a symbol of prosperity in Chinese culture.)

The Beijing Olympic Gardens

Gardens created for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth. From new construction projects to attracting the spotlight, the Olympics will have a lasting effect on China

《奥运中国》Olympic in China

百年奥运首次在中国举办，国人为之振奋，旅居海外的华人华侨也高度期待。然而，尽管央视有多个频道全程转播赛事，但由于受到国际奥委会海外电视转播权的限制，信号覆盖全球的央视中文国际频道CCTV-4却被排除在外。虽然受到严格的版权限制，CCTV4仍将在严格遵守奥运电视版权规则的前提下，利用整点有新闻的频道优势第一时间向海内外观众报道重大赛事的最新赛况. 《奥运中国》特别节目的宗旨是：让世界通过奥运更加了解中国，让中国通过奥运更加走向世界！

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