Source: CCTV.com
07-02-2008 10:39
Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic GamesThe Beijing Olympic torch relay is underway in the city of Yan'an in Northwest China's Shaan'xi Province.
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| The Beijing Olympic torch relay is underway in the city of Yan'an in Northwest China's Shaan'xi Province. |
The first torchbearer was 93-year-old Red Army veteran Liu Tianyou. He began the Yan'an leg of the torch relay. 208 torch bearers will carry the flame along a six-kilometer route.
Dubbed the "Cradle of Revolution", Yan'an is an important revolutionary city in China. It was the country's military headquarters during the Chinese Anti-Japanese War and China's War of Liberation, as well as the former location of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
