Torchbearer of the Tajik ethnic group Wu Tianyi runs with torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, on June 24, 2008.

People cheer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, on June 24, 2008.

People cheer for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, on June 24, 2008.

Handicapped torchbearer A Huaimin of the Mongolian ethnic group lights the torch for the next torchbearer Niu Xiaolin during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, on June 24, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2008)