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Comment (Special report: 2008 Olympic Games by sportswriter Ma Xiangfei
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Jade from China's plateau province of Qinghai will be used to make Beijing Olympic Games medals, a Qinghai official said here on Wednesday.
Qinghai vice governor Jidi Majia announced to a group of reporters that the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic Games (BOCOG) had formally confirmed Qinghai jade will be used on Olympic medals.
Medals of the 2008 Paralymic Games are unveiled by the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 14, 2007. (Xinhua File Photo)Photo Gallery>>>
BOCOG unveiled a unique medal design in March last year that the gold, silver and bronze medals incorporate a distinctive band of jade.It is the ...
