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  • Olympic torch finally hits mainland China

    A Chinese worker labors in front of a display of the Beijing Olympic mascots during preparations for Sunday's torch relay ceremony at the Phoenix Square, a landmark in Sanya, Hainan province, China, Saturday, May 3, 2008. The Olympic flame will arrive in Hainan province Saturday evening from Macau. The mainland China leg of the Olympic torch relay started in the southern province of Hainan on Sunday on what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.



  • Weather threatens Everest torch ascent
    The 2008 Olympic torch relay wrapped up in the Chinese territory of Macau with a glittering show on Saturday, even as officials said weather conditions may force a delay of a torch run up Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak.


  • Games torch gets warm reception in Macau
    Flag-waving crowds in Macau gave the Olympic torch an enthusiastic reception as it made the second stop of a round-China tour. A day after the torch returned to Chinese soil to be paraded through neighbouring Hong Kong, thousands turned out to see the
  • Olympic torch passes through Chinese city Macau
    MACAU Runners carried the Olympic torch past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel colored colonial buildings on Saturday in the Chinese city of Macau the world's most lucrative gambling center. Spectators waved flags, cheered wildly and chanted 'Go
  • Olympic torch begins relay in Chinese city Macau
    MACAU The Olympic torch began its relay Saturday past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel colored colonial buildings in the Chinese city of Macau the world's most lucrative gambling center. The flame was expected to get a warm patriotic welcome in
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Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999. China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs.

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