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    At 9:20 pm, April 29 in Beijing time, the Olympic torch relay ended in Ho Chi Minh cIty, Vietnam which is the last set of the international torch relay outside China. In Ho Chi Minh city, the torch relay began at the opera house in the center of the city and ended in the Seventh Military Zone Sports Stadium with a length of 13 kilometers. During the whole event, smiles, cheers, applauses and flages can be seen everywhere there. On April 30, the torch will arrive in Hongkong, the first set in China and the relay will begin on May 2.    

    From the very beginning of the torch relay, problems appeared one after another. Tibet problem and the boycott bring disappointment  and unhappiness to the torch relay. Some western countries who seemingly to be friendly before, really hurt our hearts this time. Even though, we smile to them and welcome them to Beijing. We will show them the manner of a country who has more 5000 years’ civilization. I want to say in the last blog of this semaster that almost every country has met the problem similar to that between Tibet and China—a part of one country wants to gain independence illegally under the control of some ambitious ones. Please to recall what you did when the same thing happened in your country. Did you say “yes, they should be free” willingly and happily? If you did not, please do not interfere the affairs of other countries under the name of “protecting human rights”. We are very grateful that you care us so much, but like all of you, we also need some private and free space to decide our own domestic affairs. So give us that space and let’s be together harmoniously.

http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/hochiminhcity/news/n214330420.shtml