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Article: (Beijing Olympic) Chinese Taipei has 120 torch bearers: BOCOG vice president
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- June 23, 2007
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(Beijing Olympic) Chinese Taipei has 120 torch bearers: BOCOG vice
president
BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Taipei can soon kick off
their selection of 120 torch bearers for the Beijing Olympics torch
relay if they return to the written agreement reached by Beijing
Olympics organizers and Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee.
Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), on Saturday urged Chinese
Taipei to be back to the torch relay.
"As far as BOCOG is concerned, the passing of the Olympic flame
through Taipei has been defined by BOCOG and the Chinese Taipei
Olympic Committee," said Jiang.
"We hope they will stay free from ...