摘 要: | On Aug. 3, as the evening sky darkened to match the deep blue roof tiles of the landmark Hall of Prayers for Good Harvests, kung-fu movie star Jackie Chan and Chinese women's table tennis champion Deng Yaping carried an ornate golden box to the white steps outside the hall.Chinese parliament chief Wu Bangguo and IOC Coordination Commission chairman Hein Verbruggen removed a jade seal and stamped the emblem in red ink on piece of paper.The unveiling of the official emblem for the 2008 Olympic Games was put on in the presence of 2,008 ViPs and to an audience of 400 million TV viewers at a spectacular show that was broadcast live. The Beijing Games organizers say the emblem had passed six stages of design and modification to be what it is.
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