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Beijing officials have just revealed the 2008 Olympic Torch design and the planned route of the Olympic Torch Relay. I like the torch design a lot. Both the shape and texture are beautiful. The “Propitious Cloud” texture is a traditional Chinese symbol of peace. I am glad they didn't use any Chinese Dragon or Phoenix symbols which is too much of the old Chinese imperialism. According to the Chinese press, the design was done by Lenovo and the torch implementation was done by the Chinese Space Research Lab.

The Beijing Olympic torch relay, which will travel the longest route and involve the most people in the Olympic history, will display the beautiful Chinese scenery and rich culture to the world, as well as spread the ideas of peace, friendship and harmony. - Jiang Xiaoyu, BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Games).

The Olympic Torch Relay is titled as “Journey of Harmony”. It will begin on March 30th 2008 from Athen, with the lighting of the flame at Olympia. A grand launching ceremony for the torch relay will be held in Beijing on the following day to mark the start, with the flame heading for its first stop Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 1. A split of the fire will be preserved to accompany the professional mountain climbers to the highest point of earth – Mount Everest at Himalaya.

The entire Olympic Relay will take 130 days traveling 137000 kilometers. The official web site of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay is at: http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn