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May 18th, 2008
Posted: 07:26 AM ET
BEIJING, China (CNN) — China announced Sunday that it will suspend the Olympic torch relay from Monday until Wednesday to observe a three-day mourning period for victims of last week’s earthquake, according to state-run television. The torch was going to be in Zhejiang Province, Ningbo City and Jiaxing City on May 19, then in Shanghai on May 20-21. |
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