This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-03-27 07:17
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On March 27, 1987, the first national Special Olympic Games was launched in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Since then, six such Games have been held across the country.
In 2007, Shanghai held the Special Olympics World Summer Games, becoming the first city in Asia to host the event for intellectually challenged athletes as seen in the item on Oct 12, 2007, from China Daily.
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