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Beijing counts down
Beijing counts down
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2007
By:
Lindsey Hilsum
There's exactly a year to go until Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympic games. As part of the festivities, a thousand musicians gathered on the Great Wall playing traditional instruments.
Planning for the Games has been meticulous. Authorities are even trying to rid the Chinese capital of its choking industrial smog - by controlling the weather.
Our Beijing correspondent Lindsey Hilsum filed a special report.
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