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A reporter from China Business Herald leaves his signature and handprint on the canvas. [Wu Huanshu, Wang Yichen/China.org.cn]
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Following the lead of BIMC Deputy Director Zhu Shouchen, who kicked off the event, journalists queued to leave their handprints on the canvas. "It's a real honor to get to leave my mark on this canvas," said Jin Lidong, a reporter from the China Business Herald.
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An overseas journalist signs the canvas to record his trip to China. [Wu Huanshu, Wang Yichen/China.org.cn]
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The scroll will not only record the realization of a hundred year dream of the Chinese people to host the Olympics, but also offer journalists from five continents a chance to record impressions of their trip to China.
The unique canvas with its thousands of handprints and messages will be donated to the Beijing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.
(China.org.cn August 22, 2008)