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30 Reasons to watch the Games
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-08 15:08 9. Cheerleaders Some 600 cheerleaders from all over the country will go all out to entertain spectators with Chinese folk dancing, acrobatics, drum shows, lion dancing and martial arts during time-outs. Cheerleaders were selected from national Olympic cheerleading competitions and local clubs. 10. The Beijing Green The Olympic Forest Park, 680 hectares of plantation and lakes, has given the city a new green lung. Beijing also built a number of new water purification plants for daily water recycling, replaced dated equipment at its power plants and retrofitted gas stations citywide. The inclusion of solar power, rain-recycling and energy-saving facilities during venue construction are all helping the Games live up to its "Green Olympics" billing. Beijing has also planted millions of trees to minimize sandstorms. It is also working with neighboring provinces to cut emissions. 11. Torch relay the longest, highest The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay was scheduled to travel the longest distance and include the largest number of people over 130 days. It reached the highest peak of Mount Qomolangma on May 8. Following the Sichuan earthquake, the torch relay route was curtailed in each city and special mourning sessions were added. The leg in earthquake-hit Sichuan province has been rescheduled to August, just before the Games begins. |
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