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"the *s of the 29th olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of beijing."
the international olympic commi* selected the chinese capital as the 2008 host in friday's vote during juan antonio samaranch's last ioc session as president.the attraction of staging the *s in a country which has the world's largest population, as well as huge economic potential, won the ioc's heart.
beijing defeated four other *dding cities, including toronto and paris, to secure the country's first-*r olympics. osaka was the first city to go out, and it only took one * round for beijing to win the olympic race.
the announcement, read out by the 81-year-old samaranch, was answered with wild ju*lation from the chinese delegation in moscow, and with fireworks in beijing.ioc senior member kim un-yong said after the voting that beijing deserved the olympic *s.
"beijing is capable of staging a great olympic *s," said the 71-year-old south korean. "the result wasn't a surprise to me."
with the motto "new beijing, great olympics", beijing promises to host a "green olympics", a "hi-tech olympics" and the "people's olympics".
the 3,000-year-old city is becoming a truly international city and showing a new, vigorous image through its ongoing economic reforms.
beijing enjoys the widest popular support among the five *dding cities. a gallup opinion poll commissioned by the government showed 94.9 percent of the public in favor of it. the ioc's own surveys found support *n higher. the chinese government has pledged to spend 20 *llion u.s. dollars building sports complexes and refur*shing the beijing infrastructure. there are plans for a new exhi*tion center with twin skyscrapers that could be taller than any in the world.
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