Olympics Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony – One World, One Game

The world watched in wonder as the glittering and astonishing curtain raiser to the Olympics Beijing 2008 games burst into the night sky of Beijing. Check out the opening ceremony in clip below 🙂

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The 2008 Summer Olympics (simplified Chinese: 二零零八年北京夏季奥运; traditional Chinese: 二零零八年北京夏季奧運; pinyin: èr líng líng bā nián bÄ›i jÄ«ng xià jì à o yùn), officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.[a] Some events will be held outside Beijing, namely football (soccer) (in Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin), equestrian (in Hong Kong) and sailing (in Qingdao).

The Olympic games were awarded to Beijing, People’s Republic of China after an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001. The official logo of the games, titled “Dancing Beijing,” features a stylized calligraphic character jÄ«ng (京, meaning capital), referencing the host city. The mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa, each representing one color of the Olympic rings. The Olympic slogan, One World, One Dream, calls upon the world to unite in the Olympic spirit. Athletes will compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the Athens games of 2004. Several new National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have also been recognized by the IOC.

The Chinese government has promoted the games to highlight China’s emergence on the world stage, amidst concerns about environmental issues, human rights violations in Tibet and other part of the state. Nevertheless, former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has said the Beijing games will be “the best in Olympic history.”

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