Tracking the torch
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 03 July, 2008, 12:00am
UPDATED : Thursday, 03 July, 2008, 12:00am
From May until the Games open in August, the Olympic torch is travelling from hand to hand through China. As it reaches each new province, this page will feature an in-depth profile, with relevant interviews, on the day it arrives in the province.
Today: Shaanxi
What is the torch route?
May Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei
June 3-5 Hunan
June 6-8 Guangxi
June 9-11 Yunnan
June 12-14 Guizhou
June 15-16 Chongqing
June 17-19 Xinjiang
June 19-21 Tibet
June 22-24 Qinghai
June 25-27 Shanxi
June 28 Gansu
June 29-July 1 Ningxia
July 2-4 Shaanxi
Provisional destinations for the rest of the relay route: Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Sichuan, Tianjin, Beijing
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