'08 Olympics official 1 year countdown has begun

As of Wednesday, August 8th the one year countdown to the 08 Olympics in Beijing has begun and there was a party in Tienanmen Square to kick off the countdown. Fireworks, music and more were part of the big celebration.

China has been making all sorts of changes since the announcement that the Olympics would be held in Beijing, including huge construction projects, efforts to clean up the air in Beijing which is said to have some of the worst pollution in the world and security measures. The one controversial subject that still remains is that of human rights. There has been much talk of improvements in this are but most people agree that not much has really been done.

Many groups are still boycotting the Olympics and saying that holding the games in Beijing, China tarnishes the reputation of this historic tradition.