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30 Reasons to watch the Games
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-08 15:08 15. Highest number of cultural festivals
Games organizers have held an annual Olympic cultural festival since 2003, with the sixth beginning two weeks ago and running for the next three months. China's ancient culture and civilization are now being showcased to promote the Olympic spirit and publicize a green, hi-tech and people's Olympics. 16. Massive Olympic education campaign Educating young people through sports is one of the primary goals of the Olympic Movement. About 400 million young people in more than 500,000 schools across the country have received Olympic lessons ahead of the Beijing Games. More than 500 model schools have been named and a series of Olympic readers compiled and presented to students. 17. Highest number of doping tests
The anti-doping effort at the Beijing Games will be more extensive than ever, with as many as 4,500 doping tests, 25 percent more than in Athens four years ago and 90 percent more than in Sydney in 2000. Tests will be carried out from July 27 at 41 test stations at the Olympic Village and all Olympic match venues. |
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