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Article: IOC honorary president speaks highly of Beijing Olympic Games

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August 16, 2008
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IOC honorary president speaks highly of Beijing Olympic Games

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch said here Saturday that the Beijing Olympic Games achieved great success and the Games would bring China bigger progress.

Samaranch had a face-to-face communication with 130 Chinese students who are on their Olympic tour. Some of them came from earthquake-hit provinces such as Sichuan, Gansu and Shannxi, some from impoverished families but with excellent academic marks, and others from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Asked about the difference between his current tour to China and previous ones, the 88-year-old ...

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