366 days to go
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 August, 2007, 12:00am
UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 August, 2007, 12:00am
Confucius said 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'
That journey started on November 12, 2005, and now there are only 366 steps (2008 is a Leap Year) to go until the eighth day of the eighth month of the eighth year - a truly auspicious moment for China
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