Firework display for Olympic opening ceremony to last 20 minutes
One-week forecast available prior to Olympic opening day
The weather will be mainly overcast but favorable for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, said Yu Xinwen, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) spokesman, here on Wednesday.
All people and vehicles entering the secure parameter will go through complete checks. Besides fences, monitors and safe passages, air defense missiles are also being used to protect the National Stadium.
July 15th marked the end of ticket transfers for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. The deadline was set at 5 p.m. Beijing time.
Following one-and-a-half-years of design and production, the cool, sporty outfits of Chinese sports delegation were unveiled on Thursday.
The Hellenic Olympic Committee has just released the final line-up for its Olympic delegation as well as the outfits the athletes will wear for the opening ceremony.
Members of the German Olympic team debuted their new uniforms on Wednesday -- less than a month before the opening ceremony in Beijing.
Russian athletes and trainers have gotten a close up look of their Olympic team uniforms in Moscow.
Zhang Yimou, the chief director of Beijing Olympic opening ceremony, is a leading filmmaker of China´s "Fifth Generation", who made an auspicious directorial debut with "Red Sorghum" (1987), which won the Golden Bear at the 1988 Berlin Festival.