Olympic Torch in Beijing; Beijing Olympic Torch Relay Officially Commences
March 31, 2008 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
During dinner, I was scanning the headlines over at CNN (on telly) then I spotted a blurb that said “Olympic Torch arrives in Beijing”. I was still out so when I got home I quickly browsed through my sources and found out that the plane bearing the torch landed on Beijing, 9 this morning.
It was Chinese President Hu Jintao who announced the official start of the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay. The President lit the cauldron at the Tianamen Square in Beijing. This took place two (2) hours after the Olympic Torch landed in China.
You can view the welcome ceremony here (video).
