(ATR) The head of the Beijing Olympics has revealed that an international torch relay covering the globe will begin in March 2008, capped by a 70-city journey through China. Liu Qi, president of ...

The relay and the torch were unveiled in a ceremony at the Millennium Monument in west Beijing, before an invited audience of 2008 guests. Your best source of news about the Olympic is ...

The scaled-down torch relay is a far cry from 2008, when Beijing sent the Olympic flame on a global journey ahead of hosting that year’s Summer Games. The relay drew protesters against China’s ...

In the years since he took part in the Olympic torch relay, Beijing has imposed harsh policies on the Uyghurs, splitting apart Kamaltürk Yalqun’s family. In a letter, the group asked the IOC to ...

CCTV reporter Mao Xuzhi, now in Athens, brings us exclusive reports on the upcoming Olympic flame lighting ceremony. The Olympic Flame for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be lit in Ancient Olympia at ...

Beijing kicked off the Winter Olympics torch relay on Wednesday as China gears up to host the global sporting event against a backdrop of diplomatic boycotts and the Covid pandemic. Reports say a ...

The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic torch, named 'Flying', shares the same structure and patterns as the Olympic one - spiraling upward to ... A unique feature of the torch will be on display during ...

Chan was among the torchbearers who carried the Olympic flame as the torch made its way through Beijing and the neighboring city of ... basketball icon Yao Ming helped kick off the torch relay on ...

Galina Shlyakhov was one of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics torchbearers thanks to a gratitude ... asked entrants to write a ...

A professor and former athlete offers insight into how Chinese athletes have prepared for the Summer… Years of preparation for the 2008 ... Beijing Games Crowds cheered Thursday as the Olympic ...

Superstars were born, 43 World records were smashed and 132 Olympic records were set as Beijing ... March 2008, which led to protestors attempting to hijack the lighting of the Olympic torch ...