The Beijing Olympic relay, dubbed the ``journey of harmony'' by organizers, is about 137,000-kilometer (85,000-mile) and the longest one in history of Olympic. But it turned into most controversial Olympic relay : Date: March 24-30 2008 Location: Greece Jean Francois Julliard, a man from Reporters without Border, disrupted flame-lighting ceremony (Such thing never happen in Olympic history) Date: 2 April, 2008 Location: Almaty )Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev was among the torchbearers Date:3 Apr 2008 Location: Istanbul (1)One man tried to reach the torch but failed (2) Some Uyghur people protested against China Date: April 5, 2008 Location: Russia: Saint Petersburg Light security, few protests, more welcomes. Date: April 6, 2008 Location: London (1)One man gets his hands on the torch from Kennie Hug, a television presenter (2) Two protesters tried to put out the torch with a fire extinguisher. (3) Police arrest 37 protesters Date: April 7, 2008 Location: Paris (1) Torch extinguished 5 times and carry the by bus when protesters try to seize it. (2) Torch route cut short amid confusion Date: April 9, 2008 Location: San Francisco (1) Torch route changed at the last minute, many people fooled. (2) Mac Sutherlin, Hannah Strange , Duane Martinez , Alexandra Taub ,Thomas Parkin, Tashi Sharzur ,Leslie Kaup posted banners on Golden Gate Bridge (3) April 10 Jacques Rogge denies suggestions that the relay could be cut short. Date: April 11, 2008 Location: Buenos Aires (1)2,500 security personnel on hand few troubles (2) Demonstrators carry the 'human rights torch', ahead of the Olympic torch relay Date: April 13, 2008 Location: Tanzania A scaled-down itinerary through the Tanzanian capital Date: April 14,, 2008 Location: Oman Touch stayed three-and-a-half hours Oman without incident. Date: April 16, 2008 Location: Islamabad (1) Thousands of troops and police are deployed to guard the torch ceremony (2) General Pervez Musharraf were among the torchbearers Date: April 17, 2008 Location: New Delhi (1)15,000 Indian police and guards keep watch. (2) 170 Tibetan activists are arrested near the relay route. (3) Relay route shortened (4) Baichung Bhutia refuses to carry Olympic torch Date: April 19, 2008 Location: Bangkok (1) About 200 China supporters taunt scores of pro-Tibet demonstrators Date: April 21, 2008 Location: Malaysia (1) Malaysia's king Sultan Azlan Shah took to the torch to Twin Tower Date: April 22, Indonesia Location: Jakarta With blanket security, torch was paraded behind closed doors at an invitation-only event Date: April 24, 2008 Location: Canberra (1) More than 10,000 Chinese Australians "protected and defended the flame". (2) Organizers abandoned plans to run the Olympic flame past the Chinese embassy, (3) Bob Brown has written the words Free Tibet in the sky above Canberra. Date: April 26, 2008 Location: Nagano (1) Zenkoji Temple priests refuses to host Olympic torch (2) More than 3,000 police guarding the route (3) smoke-emitting tube was thrown at the relay Date: April 27, 2008 Location: Seoul (1) South Korean protester got kick from Chinese nationalists and serious injured Date: April 28, 2008 Location: Pyongyang (1) Authoritarian Kim Yong Nam arranged thousands men to greet the torch Date: April 29, 2008 Location: Ho Chi Minh City. (1) Vietnamese hailed the torch's peaceful night-time journey through Ho Chi Minh City. Date: May 2, 2008 Location: Hong Kong Three activist sent back by local authority before Olympic torch made its journey Date: May 3, 2008 Location: Macau Spectators constantly chanted, ‘Go China’ in place of the game's slogan - ‘One World, One Dream’- through the run. The International Olympic Committee has said it may abandon holding international torch relays in future.But I think this would be very wrong because There are few country like China on the plant ,who got so many enemies
