2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route explained

The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route involved 21 countries where the Olympic torch was carried between its lighting in Greece in March 2008 and the Olympic opening ceremony in China's host city of Beijing in August 2008. The relay took place in four separate legs: in Greece, an international leg, in the Special Administrative Region of China (Hong Kong and Macau), and in mainland China.

The planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route. While the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to. The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation,^[1] but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24 km torch route in Taiwan.^[2] By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan authorities and Mainland China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.^[3]

International and HK&Macau route

International torch relay route
Date	Country (city)		Length^[4]	Notable torchbearers	of torchbearers
March 31	China  (Beijing)
April 2			20 km	Nursultan Nazarbaev – president of Kazakhstan Bakhtiyar Artayev – gold medalist weightlifter Yermakhan Ibraimov – boxer Yuriy Melnichenko – gold medalist wrestler Anatoly Khrapaty – weightlifter Vladimir Smirnov – the first Olympic champion for independent Kazakhstan cross-country skiing Roza Rymbaeva – singer^[5]	80
April 3			20 km	Tuğba Karademir – figure skater Taner Sağır – champion weightlifter^[6]	80
April 5			20 km	Lyubov Yegorova – cross-country skiing Viktor Zhdanovich – fencing Vladimir Salnikov, Alexander Popov, Sergey Kopliakov, Andrey Krylov – gold medalist swimmer Alexander Dityatin – gold medalist artistic gymnastics Tatyana Kazankina – gold medalist runner Anatoly Alyabyev – gold medalist biathlon Evgeni Plushenko, Tatiana Totmianina, Maxim Marinin, Anton Sikharulidze, Alexei Urmanov, Oksana Kazakova, Artur Dmitriev, Oleg Vasiliev – gold medalist figure skater Svetlana Zhurova – speed skating Tamara Moskvina – figure skating coach Fedor Emelianenko – mixed martial artist Robert Swan – polar explorers Artur Chilingarov – cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova – astronaut Alisa Freindlich – actress Andrei Arshavin – football player^[7]	80
April 6			48 km	Kelly Holmes – gold medalist runner Danny Crates – gold medalist Paralympic runner Sir Trevor McDonald – journalist Konnie Huq – TV Presenter Vanessa Mae – classical musician Kevin Pietersen – cricketer Tim Henman – retired tennis player Amara Karan – actress^[8]	80
April 7			originally 28 km	Stéphane Diagana – gold medalist runner David Douillet – gold medalist in judo Marie-José Pérec – gold medalist runner Jin Jing – Paralympic fencer Thierry Henry – Soccer star Teddy Riner – gold medalist judoka Arnaud Di Pasquale – tennis player Pi Hongyan – badminton player Mary Pierce – tennis player^[9]
April 9			unannounced	Lin Li – swimmer
April 11	(start) Lola Mora amphitheater (finish) Buenos Aires Riding Club		13.8 km	Carlos Espínola – windsurfer^[10] Georgina Bardach, Paola Suárez, Pablo Chacón – athletes	78
April 13			5 km	John Stephen Akhwari – marathoner Dorcus Inzikuru – steeplechaser Anna Tibaijuka – Undersecretary general of the United Nations^[11]	80
April 14	(Muscat) (start) place roundabout Al Bustan (where lies the "Sohar" boat which visited China in 1981) (finish) Qurm Natural Park		20 km		80
April 16	(Islamabad)			Samiullah Khan – field hockey Jahangir Khan – squash player^[12]	65
April 17			2.3 km	Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Abhinav Bindra – sport shooter^[13] Aamir Khan – actor, director	around 70
April 19			10 km	Anant Siripasraporn – Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Manus Boonjumnong, Somluck Kamsing – gold medalist boxers Udomporn Polsak, Pawina Thongsuk – gold medalist weightlifters ^[14]	80
April 21			16.5 km	Cheah Soon Kit, Yap Kim Hock – retired badminton player Nicol David – squash player^[15]	80
April 22	(Jakarta)		7 km; originally 20 km	Taufik Hidayat, Susi Susanti, Alan Budikusuma – badminton player^[16] Fauzi Bowo – governor of Jakarta^[17]	80
April 24			16 km	Ian Thorpe, Jodie Henry, Libby Trickett, Matt Welsh, Adam Pine, Alice Mills, Petria Thomas – gold medalist swimmers Ron Clarke – runner Mark Beretta – TV sports reporter Tania Major – Aboriginal activist Megan Marcks – coxless pair rower Jonathon Welch – conductor Robert de Castella – gold medalist marathoner Lee Kernaghan – singer Fiona Stanley – epidemiologist Mark Beretta – sports broadcaster Peter Sharp – Rugby league coach Louise Sauvage – Paralympic wheelchair racer Jai Taurima – long jumper Fiona Wood – director of Royal Perth Hospital, surgeon Heather McKay – squash player^[18]	80
April 26	(Nagano) (start) Small park in Nagano (finish) Wakasato Park		18.7 km	Senichi Hoshino – baseball manager Kosuke Kitajima – gold medalist swimmer Mizuki Noguchi – gold medalist runner Ai Fukuhara – table tennis player^[19]	80
April 27			22 km	Moon Dae-sung – gold medalist taekwondo Kim Mi-jung – gold medalist judoka Ahn Hyun-soo – gold medalist speed skater Nam Eun-young – gold medalist in handball Kim Soo-nyung – gold medalist archer^[20] Bada – singer and musical actress Jang Na-ra – singer and actress	70+
April 28	(Pyongyang) (start) Tower of Juche Idea (finish) Kim Il Sung Stadium		20 km	Pak Doo-ik – football player	80
April 29	(start) Opera House (finish) Military Zone 7 Competition Hall		10 km		60

The opening relay route ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.^[21] The song "We are ready" was performed by Eason Chan, Hotcha, EO2 accompanied by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Dance company, Gauido international golden eagle gymnastics team, and senior mixed choir of the Diocesan Girls' School and the Diocesan Boys' School.^{[22] [23]}

Date	City		Length	Notable torchbearers	of torchbearers
May 2			26 km	Lee Lai-shan – gold medalist in windsurfing Li Ching, Ko Lai-chak – table-tennis players Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Alex Fong, Kelly Chen, Leo Ku – singers Rebecca Chiu Wing-yin – squash player Leung Chun-ying – member of Executive Council Stephen Chan – general manager of TVB Victor Li Tzar-kuoi – managing director of Cheung Kong group Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong – managing director of Sun Hung Kai group Ng Ching-fai – principal of Hong Kong Baptist University Michael Cheng Lai-hin – footballer Koon Wai-chee, Wang Chen – badminton players Lee Ka-kit – vice chairman of Henderson Group Chu Ching-wu – president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Liza Wang – actress, singer & chairperson of Cantonese Opera Performers Association Yip Wing-sie – music director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta Rita Fan – president of Legislative Council Timothy Fok – president of SFOC Wong Kam-po – gold medalist at Asian games in cycling	119
May 3	Macau (start and finish) Macau Fisherman's Wharf		19 km originally 27 km^[24]	Miriam Yeung – Hong Kong singer Stanley Ho – casino tycoon.	120

Hong Kong and Macau gallery

Route in Mainland China

Mainland China torch relay route
width=5%	Date !	China Province / City		width=10%	Length	width=50%	Notable torchbearers	width=10%	of torchbearers
May 4	Hainan		30.09^[25]	Yang Yang – gold medalist speed skater Yi Jianlian – basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks Yang Lan – businesswomen Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007 Huang Xiaoming – actor Jackie Chan – actor^[26]	208
May 5			1.2 km		6
May 5		Wanning (including Qionghai)	16.63 km (+13.51)		113 (+89)
May 6			30.2 km		208
May 7	Guangdong		40.82 km	Yang Jinghui – gold medalist diver Ulrika Knape – gold medalist Swedish diver Dong Zhaozhi – silver medalist fencer Shen Xiangfu – former Chinese national football coach	208^[27]
May 8			40 km	Xiao Jinfeng – gold medalist gymnast Wang Shi (王石) – head of China Vanke^[28]	–
May 8			–	–	–
May 9	Guangdong		–	Liang Wenbo – snooker player^[29]	–
May 10			–	Sun Shuwei – gold medalist diver Xu Yinchuan – international master of Chinese chess^[30]	208
May 11	Fujian		–		208
May 12			20.35 km	–	108^[33]
May 12			17.4 km	Guo Yuehua – winner of 8 consecutive titles for table tennis Ji Xinpeng – gold medalist badminton player^[34]	100
May 13			30.5 km	Zhang Xiangxiang – bronze medalist weightlifter Shi Zhiyong – gold medalist weightlifter Chen Hong – badminton player^[35]	208
May 14	Jiangxi		15 km	–	208^[36]
May 15			14.5 km	–	^[37]
May 16			–	Peng Bo – gold medalist diver
May 17	Zhejiang		–	–	108^[38]
May 17			–	–	100^[39]
May 18			–	Li Lingwei – badminton champion^[40]	208^[41]
May 19 – 21		–	–		-
May 22			–	–	-
May 22			8.2 km	Lü Lin – gold medalist table tennis player	90
May 23 – 24	Shanghai		62.84 km (day 1) + 136.55 km (day 2)	Zhuang Yong – gold medalist swimmer Zhou Xun – actress and singer Liu Xuegen (刘学根), father of Liu Xiang Li Bingbing – actress Tony Leung Ka-Fai – actor^[42] Sun Wen – football (soccer) player Chen Lu – world champion figure skater Zhu Jianhua – medalist high jumper^[43] Lee Kaifu – founder of Google China^[44] Cao Yanhua – table tennis champion	416 (including 44 foreign nationals)
May 25	Jiangsu		17 km	–	104^[45]
May 25			20 km	–	104^[46]
May 26			12.8 km	–	104^[47]
May 26			11 km	–	104^[48]
May 27			12.9 km	Yang Yang – badminton player Chen Peisi – actor Gao Yuanyuan – actress	208^[49]
May 28	Anhui		–		^[50]
May 29			–	Zhou Tao – TV presenter Zhang Yan (张燕) – singer	100
May 29			–	Vicki Zhao – actress and singer	100^[51]
May 30			–	Ding Junhui – snooker player	80^[52]
May 30			–	Ye Qiaobo – speed skating champ	120^[53]
May 31	Hubei		20.7 km	Li Xiaoshuang – gold medalist gymnast^[54]
June 1			10 km	Li Ting – gold medalist tennis player Karen Mok – singer^[55]	208^[56]
June 2			18.6 km	Zeng Li (曾黎) – actress	208^[57]
June 3	Hunan		16.9 km	–	^[58]
June 4			–	Zhong Zhihua – head of Hunan University Xiong Ni – 3-time gold medalist diver^[59]	208
June 5			79.1 km		208^[60]
June 6			–	Xiao Jiangang – weightlifting champion Tang Lingsheng – gold medalist weightlifter^[61]
June 7			16.5 km	Chen Wenzhong – olympic sprinter Mo Huilan – gymnast	^[62]
June 8			–	–	^[63]
June 9	Yunnan		8.3 km	Angela Chang – Taiwanese singer and actress	208^[64]
June 10			26 km	–	-^[65]
June 11			40.36 km	Zhang Guowei – track & field^[66]	–
June 12	Guizhou		16.9 km	–	208^[67]
June 13			19.3 km	–	208^[68]
June 14			6.3 km	–	208^[69]
June 15 – 16		–	17 km	Gu Li – Go champion	208^[70]
June 17	Xinjiang		12.5 km	Wang Yanhong – gold medalist archer Abuduxikeer Mijiti – boxing champion	208^[71]
June 18			7.43 km	–	208^[72]
June 19			–	–	-^[73]
June 19			4.4 km	–	104^[74]
June 21	Tibet		11 km^[75]	Cedai Drolma – singer^[76]	156^[77]
June 22			7.5 km	–	-^[78]
June 23			6 km	–	162^[79]
June 24			–		-^[80]
June 25	Shanxi		9.8 km	Lu Shuming – actor Zhang Weihong – medalist handball player	104^[81]
June 25			–	–	^[82]
June 26			39 km		208^[83]
June 27			4 km	–	208^[84]
June 28			22	Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng – crew of Shenzhou spacecraft 6^[85]	–
June 29	Ningxia		3.3 km	–	-^[86]
June 30			5.6 km	–	193^[87]
July 1			–	–	-^[88]
July 2	Shaanxi		6.31 km	–	208^[89]
July 3			6.53 km	–	95^[90]
July 3			6.9 km	–	113^[91]
July 4			–	Tian Liang – gold medalist diver	200^[92]
July 5	Gansu		7.6 km	Fan Jinshi – director of Dunhuang Research Institute	120^[93]
July 6			13.8 km	–	208^[94]
July 7			–	–	-^[95]
July 8	Inner Mongolia		6.2 km	Mengke Bateer – pro basketball player Pan Gang – president of Yili group^[96]	208^[97]
July 9			6.3 km	–	104^[98]
July 9			–	–	104^[99]
July 10			6.2 km	Siqingaowa – actress	208^[100]
July 11	Heilongjiang		14.86 km	Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao – pairs figure skating Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo – pairs figure skating Sun Xue – singer	208^[101]
July 12			7.6 km	–	208^[102]
July 13			7.5 km	–	208^[103]
July 14	Jilin		9 km		218^[104]
July 15			–	–	110^[105]
July 15			7.7 km	Wang Chunli – medalist skater	108^[106]
July 16			–	Xie Jun – chess champion	-^[107]
July 17	Liaoning		10.08 km	Zhuang Xiaoyan – gold medalist in judo Han Xiaopeng – gold medalist freestyle skier Li Yuwei – gold medalist shooter Gao Hongmiao – racewalking champion	241^[108]
July 18			7.3 km	Wang Yifu – gold medalist shooter	175^[109]
July 19			–		^[110]
July 21			14.5 km		259^[111]
July 21			5.6 km	–	109^[112]
July 22			5.1 km	–	100^[113]
July 22			–	Bi Wenjing – uneven bars athlete Xing Aowei – gymnast	120^[114]
July 23			13.5 km	Xing Huina – gold medalist track & field Lin Weining – weighlifter Wu Minxia – gold medalist diver Qiao Yunping – table tennis champion Guo Jingjing – gold medalist diver	243^[115]
July 25	Henan		7.6 km		208^[116]
July 26			6.6 km	Chang Wu (張武) – a designer of Dancing Beijing symbol Wang Liqun – historian and professor of Henan University Mark Roswell – xiangsheng actor Zheng Haixia – medalist basketball player	208^[117]
July 27			6.9 km	–	208^[118]
July 28			5.9 km	–	208^[119]
July 29	Hebei		9.3 km		188^[120]
July 30			7 km	Xi Enting – table tennis champion	256^[121]
July 31			10.1 km	Qian Hong – gold medalist swimmer	208^[122]
August 1 – 2			12 km	–	225^[123]
August 3			7.3 km	Jiang Min – policewoman	189^[124]
August 4			8.2 km	Gao Min – gold medalist diver	185^[125]
August 5			13.2 km	Zhang Shan – gold medalist shooter	315^[126]
August 6	Beijing (outside)	16.4 km	Zhang Yimou – film director Bai Yansong – CCTV anchor Yang Liwei – astronaut Liu Qi – president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games Li Furong – VP of BOCOG Yao Ming – basketball player Song Dandan – actress Liu Chuanzhi – founder of Lenovo Wu Shaozu – former chairperson of Chinese Olympic Committee Lang Lang – pianist Wang Hui – intellectual Yang Yuanqing – Lenovo chairman Jiang Xiaoyu – executive VP of BOCOG JJ Lin – singer Yu Dan – professor Wu Jinglian – economist Li Yongbo – medalist badminton player Dong Jiong – medalist badminton player Winfried Vahland – president of Volkswagen China Song Taishan – Coca-Cola Beijing general manager Luo Jing – Newsreporter	433^[127] ^[128] ^[129] ^[130]
August 7	14.58 km	Liu Xuan – medalist gymnast Song Zuying – singer Yang Wenjun – gold medalist flatwater canoer Hu Kai – gold medalist sprinter Han Geng - Member of South Korean Boy Band Super Junior	268^[131]
August 8	–	Feng Gong – xiangsheng performer Xu Zhihong – president of Peking University	-^[132]
August 8	Beijing (part of opening ceremony in Beijing National Stadium)		–	Xu Haifeng – gold medalist shooter Gao Min – gold medalist diver Li Xiaoshuang – gold medalist gymnast Zhan Xugang – gold medalist weighlifter Zhang Jun – gold medalist badminton Chen Zhong – gold medalist taekwondo Sun Jinfang – member of team that won China's first major championship in a team sport Li Ning – gold medalist gymnast	-^[133]

The total torchbearer counts for each city are available at the official website of the torch relay.The relay was suspended from May 19 – 21 to honor victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

See also

• 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Editorial: New Olympic event: Torch tug-of-war. The Taipei Times . September 12, 2007 .
3. Web site: Taiwan, China Fail to Reach Agreement on Olympic Torch Route . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071109092026/http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-21-voa11.cfm . November 9, 2007 .
4. http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/ The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Torch Relay
5. Kazakhstan: Citius! Altius! Fortius! See also: Olympic Torch Relay Starts in Kazakhstan
6. Meşaleyi Karademir taşıdı See also: Web site: Beijing Olympic Flame Lands in Istanbul Today . May 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080414075240/http://beijingolympic2008.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/beijing-olympic-flame-lands-in-istanbul-today/ . April 14, 2008 . dead . See also: Web site: Six detained in Olympic torch relay . May 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121120161341/http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=100894 . November 20, 2012 . dead . See also: Web site: Flame leaves Istanbul for St. Petersburg . May 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080408183747/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/istanbul/news/n214291424.shtml . April 8, 2008 . dead .
7. Olympic Torch route in Saint Petersburg with all torchbearers and lap definitions (.doc file) See also: Olympic Torch Will Be Carried By Drouz, Freindlich and Evgeni Plushenko See also: Олимпийский огонь несли
8. Web site: The Torch Relay in London. May 25, 2008 .
9. "La flamme olympique : le parcours heure par heure (du 06/04 au 07/04)", Nouvel Observateur, April 8, 2008 See also: "Paris cancels Olympic flame ceremony casting doubt over London's 2012 torch tour", The Times, April 8, 2008 See also: "Torch relay lights up home of father of modern Olympics", official torch relay website, April 8, 2008
10. News: Olympic torch relay concludes in Buenos Aires . The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Torch Relay . April 12, 2008 . April 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080412190900/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/buenosaires/news/n214302510.shtml . April 12, 2008 . dead .
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13. http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/newdelhi/news/n214310121.shtml "Indian torchbearers vow to run for spirit of Olympics"
14. http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/bangkok/news/n214314979.shtml "Olympic flame sheds glee in 'City of Smile'"
15. http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/kualalumpur/news/n214317517.shtml "Sacred flame sends off sparks in Malaysia"
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17. http://www.france24.com/en/20080422-olympic-torch-relay-indonesia-shortened-jakarta-2008-beijing-games&navi=MONDE "Indonesian police break up pro-Tibet rally"
18. News: Smooth run for Australia's relay . BBC News . April 24, 2008 . May 26, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502102719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7364031.stm . May 2, 2008 . live .
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23. [I-CABLE News Channel (Hong Kong)|I-Cable May 2, 2008 broadcast]
24. 當局解釋改傳遞路線原因, Macao Daily News
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27. Web site: torchrelay guangzhou . May 11, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080510225637/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/guangzhou/news/n214344726.shtml . May 10, 2008 . dead .
28. Web site: torchrelay shenzhen . May 11, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517024513/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/shenzhen/news/n214353093.shtml . May 17, 2008 . dead .
29. Web site: torchrelay huizhou . May 11, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513014657/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/huizhou/news/n214354884.shtml . May 13, 2008 . dead .
30. Web site: torchrelay shantou . May 11, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906231817/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/shantou/news/n214356908.shtml . September 6, 2008 . dead .
31. Web site: torchrelay fuzhou . May 11, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514234720/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/fuzhou/news/n214358243.shtml . May 14, 2008 . dead .
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33. Web site: torchrelay quanzhou . May 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906230520/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/quanzhou/news/n214358900.shtml . September 6, 2008 . dead .
34. Web site: torchrelay xiamen . May 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080518202343/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/xiamen/news/n214360745.shtml . May 18, 2008 . dead .
35. Web site: torchrelay longyan . May 13, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517135706/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/longyan/news/n214362429.shtml . May 17, 2008 . dead .
36. Web site: torchrelay ruijin . May 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080518103324/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/ruijin/news/n214363266.shtml . May 18, 2008 . dead .
37. Web site: torchrelay jinggangshan . May 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080519171633/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/jinggangshan/news/n214364385.shtml . May 19, 2008 . dead .
38. Web site: torchrelay zhejiang . May 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080607202116/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/wenzhou/news/n214368515.shtml . June 7, 2008 . dead .
39. Web site: torchrelay shaoxing . May 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906225623/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/shaoxing/news/n214366992.shtml . September 6, 2008 . dead .
40. Web site: torchrelay hangzhou 1 . May 21, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218110954/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/hangzhou/photos/n214367705.shtml . February 18, 2012 . dead .
41. Web site: torchrelay hangzhou 2 . May 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080520025209/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/hangzhou/news/n214367799.shtml . May 20, 2008 . dead .
42. SCMP. "SCMP." Grey skies fail to dampen spirits. Retrieved on May 25, 2008.
43. Web site: torchrelay shanghai 1 . May 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080526090728/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/shanghai/news/n214375532.shtml . May 26, 2008 . dead .
44. Web site: torchrelay shanghai 2 . May 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080526101530/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/shanghai/photos/ . May 26, 2008 . dead .
45. Web site: torchrelay suzhou . May 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528090408/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/suzhou/news/n214375758.shtml . May 28, 2008 . dead .
46. Web site: torchrelay nantong . May 26, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528062505/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/nantong/news/n214377171.shtml . May 28, 2008 . dead .
47. Web site: torchrelay taizhou . May 26, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528135546/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/taizhou/news/n214377863.shtml . May 28, 2008 . dead .
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49. Web site: torchrelay nanjing . May 31, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080530020319/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/nanjing/news/n214379684.shtml . May 30, 2008 . dead .
50. Web site: torchrelay hefei . May 31, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528195441/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/hefei/ . May 28, 2008 . dead .
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58. Web site: torchrelay yueyang . June 6, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907021817/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/yueyang/news/n214389935.shtml . September 7, 2008 . dead .
59. Web site: torchrelay changsha . June 6, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907023412/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/changsha/news/n214390827.shtml . September 7, 2008 . dead .
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61. Web site: torchrelay guilin . June 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609035021/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/guilin/news/n214393569.shtml . June 9, 2008 . dead .
62. Web site: torchrelay nanning . June 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080610091520/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/nanning/news/n214394789.shtml . June 10, 2008 . dead .
63. Web site: torchrelay baise . June 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907020304/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/baise/news/n214396478.shtml . September 7, 2008 . dead .
64. Web site: torchrelay kunming . June 14, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613021247/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/kunming/news/n214397399.shtml . June 13, 2008 . dead .
65. Web site: torchrelay lijiang . June 14, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182341/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/lijiang/news/n214398171.shtml . June 13, 2008 . dead .
66. Web site: torchrelay shangri-la . June 14, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614014522/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/xamgyinyilha/news/n214399338.shtml . June 14, 2008 . dead .
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68. Web site: torchrelay kaili . June 14, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080615195047/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/kaili/news/n214402042.shtml . June 15, 2008 . dead .
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95. Web site: torchrelay lanzhou . July 1, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080706184413/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/lanzhou/index.shtml . July 6, 2008 . dead .
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98. Web site: torchrelay ordos . July 10, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906211331/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/ordos/news/n214442938.shtml . September 6, 2008 . dead .
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103. Web site: torchrelay qiqihar . July 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080717091433/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/qiqihar/news/n214450123.shtml . July 17, 2008 . dead .
104. Web site: torchrelay changchun . July 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080718132119/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/changchun/news/n214451644.shtml . July 18, 2008 . dead .
105. Web site: torchrelay songyuan . July 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906200559/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/songyuan/news/n214453489.shtml . September 6, 2008 . dead .
106. Web site: torchrelay jilin . July 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080801214445/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/jilin/news/n214454627.shtml . August 1, 2008 . dead .
107. Web site: torchrelay yanji . July 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080801092440/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/yanji/news/n214456396.shtml . August 1, 2008 . dead .
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110. Web site: torchrelay dalian . July 26, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906220337/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/dalian/news/n214462713.shtml . September 6, 2008 . dead .
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115. Web site: torchrelay jinan . July 26, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725003609/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/jinan/news/n214469143.shtml . July 25, 2008 . dead .
116. Web site: torchrelay zhengzhou . July 26, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080729073646/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/zhengzhou/news/n214473005.shtml . July 29, 2008 . dead .
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125. Web site: torchrelay leshan . August 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080809204803/http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/leshan/news/n214501935.shtml . August 9, 2008 . dead .
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