Archive for May, 2008

Photo: Torchbearers Hu Yuan and Pan Hao pass the torch

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Updated:2008-05-14 Torchbearers Hu Yuan (R) and Pan Hao pass the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Ruijin, southeast China's Jiangxi Province, on May 14, 2008. (Photo credit: Song Zhenping/Xinhua)

Photo: Torchbearer Wang Rushen holds up the torch

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Torchbearer Wang Rushen holds up the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Ruijin, southeast China's Jiangxi Province, on May 14, 2008. (Photo credit: Zhang Wu/Xinhua)

Jinggangshan

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Updated:2008-05-12 Jinggangshan is located in the southwest of Jiangxi province. It has a population of 149.7 thousand and covers an area of 1291.5 square kilometers. The city is an old revolutionary base. Jinggangshan is known as "the cradle of China's revolution." In August 1927, Mao Zedong, along with other ...

Olympic torchbearers heavy-hearted for quake victims

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

The last torchbearer kindles the cauldron at the end of torch relay in Jinggangshan. JINGGANGSHAN MOUNTAINS, Jiangxi Province, May 15 (Xinhua) -- As the Olympic flame shed light Thursday on Jianggangshan Mountains, the relay organizers and torchbearers were heavy-hearted for victims of a deadly earthquake in southwest China. Donation boxes were placed along ...