Chinese girls and one of the five doll mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games perform on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, July 13, 2006. A total of 23 teams consisting of 1,500 people from 13 countries and regions presented a performance in Beijing on Thursday, with the aspiration for the 2008 Olympic Games. 

A band from southeast China's Taiwan Province performs on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, July 13, 2006.

Dutch young people perform Chinese kungfu on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, July 13, 2006. 

A member of an Australian band performs on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, July 13, 2006.

Residents fly kites with the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games logo in the Machang Street community in Tianjin, north China, July 13, 2006, to mark the 5th anniversary of Beijing's success in the 2008 Olympic Games bidding.

(Xinhua News Agency July 15, 2006)