| Celebrations for one-year countdown at Millennium Monument |
|
| 2007-08-08 02:42:18 SINA English |

Performers kick off celebrations for the one year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games during a hazy morning at the Millennium Monument in Beijing, China, Aug. 8, 2007. Later in the evening, at 8:08 p.m. -- and 8 seconds -- ceremonies will kick off marking one year until next year's opening ceremony on Aug. 8, 2008 for Beijing to host the most awaited and most expensive Olympics in history. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese performers stand near a sculpture depicting a warrior performing gymnastics on a horse after a ceremony to welcome the one year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Millennium Monument in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug 8, 2007. Later in the evening, at 8:08 p.m. and 8 seconds, a grand ceremony will kick off the countdown to one year until next year's opening ceremony on Aug. 8, 2008, for Beijing to host the most awaited and most expensive Olympics in history. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A Chinese man waves a flag with the Beijing Olympic Games logo as performers gather to kick off celebrations for the one year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games during a hazy morning at the Millennium Monument in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Later in the evening, at 8:08 p.m., and 8 seconds, ceremonies will kick off marking one year until next year's opening ceremony on Aug. 8, 2008 for Beijing to host the most awaited and most expensive Olympics in history. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|