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The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the President classify these trips as either a state visit, an official visit, or a working visit. [1] Bongbong Marcos, the 17th and current president, has made 27 international trips to 19 countries during his presidency so far, which began on June 30, 2022. More trips have been planned.
New York City is levitated upward and reveals the performers arranged in the form of Dancing Beijing, the 2008 Olympic logo. Fireworks. Song "Beijing Beijing, I Love Beijing" (Běijīng Běijīng, Wǒ Ài Běijīng) by Chinese singer Tan Jing , Hong Kong singer Kelly Chen , Han Xue, Taiwanese-American singer Wang Lee Hom , and Korean singer Rain .
Vietnam competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It is the 13th summer games in which the nation has competed since its first appearance in 1952 . Although it has sent a modest delegation every year it has competed, Vietnam had only earned one Olympic medal before Beijing (in 2000 ). [ 2 ]
The 2008 Summer Olympics cauldron is the Olympic flame holder that was used during the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.It was first lit on August 8, 2008, as part of the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and last extinguished as part of the closing ceremony of the games of the Paralympics on September 17.
There are many landmarks in Beijing. The best-known ones include the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China , the Temple of Heaven , the Tian'anmen and the Forbidden City , a number of temples, hutongs and parks, relics of ages gone by.
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The video was uploaded at YouTube on 30 July 2008, but was deleted soon after its upload. However, several additional videos have been uploaded by other users. [ 61 ] The Organizing Committee investigated the unauthorized filming, [ 62 ] and on 6 August 2008, banned SBS cameras inside the stadium during the ceremony as reprisals for the leak.
Paris City officials had announced plans to greet the Olympic flame with peaceful protest when the torch was to reach the French capital. The city government attached a banner reading "Paris defends human rights throughout the world" to the City Hall, in an attempt to promote values "of all humanity and of human rights."