in the run-up to the Beijing Games in August. The BBC is following the torch's journey, picking out various locations along the route that show some of the different aspects of this vast country - its ...

Plans surrounding the torch’s time in the People’s Republic of China remain somewhat murky, but it was announced and confirmed by the IOC today that an abbreviated traditional public torch ...

HARBIN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic champions, including Sheng Lihao, Wu Dajing, and Sui Wenjing, participated in the torch relay for the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Monday.

Actor Jackie Chan was so excited to carry the Olympic torch atop the Great Wall that he woke up at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning and braved 12-degree weather. Chan was among the torchbearers who carried ...