The Olympic torch launched
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch/2008-03/31/content_6578366.htm
The Olympic torch relay officially launched today.This morning, the president of Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Liu Qi walked down the stairway of the plane, carrying the flame in the Olympic lantern. Then the flame whisked off to Tiananmen Square for a colorful welcoming ceremony. President Hu Jintao officially launched the Beijing Olympic torch relay. The torch 130 days global tour began. The first torch runner was Liu Xiang, the championship of the 110m hurdle. When the torch was handed over to Liu, the torch relay was really begun. There are throngs of people who come to Tiananmen Square to cheer for the ceremony. I wish the torch relay will succeed. 
