'Cradle' ready for torch
By Zhang Jin and Lin Shujuan | China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-15 07:25
The Olympic torch will continue its "red tour" today in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province, the cradle of the Chinese revolution.
A total of 208 torchbearers will carry the flame through the city, which has a population of 150,000.
Bordering Hunan province, the city was where late State leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De created their revolutionary base in 1927.
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