Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics

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Post Date: 2nd Aug, 2008 - 11:01am / Post ID: #

Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics

Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics (AP)
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People view the solar eclipse in Hami, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region August 1, 2008. Eclipses were dangerous omens for ancient Chinese astronomers, but this one comes exactly a week before the torch is lit in Beijing for the opening ceremony of Games designed to restore China's pride and showcase its achievements. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA).  CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.AP - Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate. After an Olympic year of freakish natural disasters, crowds of Chinese watched a total solar eclipse along the country's ancient Silk Road on Friday, one week before the start of the Summer Games in Beijing.



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Post Date: 2nd Aug, 2008 - 1:21pm / Post ID: #

Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics
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Olympics week eclipse cheered Chinese

Maybe this is a good omen for the chinese even though ancient rulers thought it was a bad omen. Maybe things will get worse for China. We will have to wait ans see how everything goes.


 
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