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The People's Republic of China Willhost the 29th Olympic Games, oneof the largest Olympics in history,this August, from exact date 8 to 24. Thisgrand Game will expect 10,500 athletes,180,000 accredited staff, 22,000 media, and230 VIPs by that time. There are seven ma-jor venue sites, six outside of Beijing. com-prising Hong Kong, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao,Shanghai, Shenyang. and Tianjin. Eques-trian events will be held in Hong Kong andsailing events in Qingdao. Qinhuangdao,Shanghai. Shenyang, and Tianjin will hostthe soccer preliminaries. There will be 37competition sites: 14 new construction,14 renovated sites, and the rest temporarystructures. All venue construction is ex-pected to be completed before 2008 April.