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Article: Opening ceremony means a gold medal for China
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 8, 2008
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Opening ceremony means a gold medal for China
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- "China has won a gold medal from the
opening ceremony of Olympic Games," said John Pordie, a 73-year-old
British journalist, who was watching the opening ceremony at the
London Trafalgar Square.
Tens of thousands of people from different countries of the world
were gathering at the square to witness the grand opening ceremony
of Beijing Olympic Games through a huge screen. Applause was
hovering in the air, together with groups of pigeons.
"This is the most amazing that I have ever seen. This is
magnificent and it is almost unbelievable. Chinese people are so
clever and they can imagine such a wonderful idea. Every ...