Swimming to welcome the Olympics in Jiangsu

Agencies
Updated: 2008-07-13 19:53

Residents hold a portrait of late Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong while swimming in the Yong River in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, July 13, 2008. The swimming activity was held to mark the 42nd anniversary of Mao swimming in the Yangtze River and to welcome the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, local media reported. The Chinese characters on the other plate read, "Go to the river, lake and ocean to swim". [Agencies]