A player shown during the BMX cycling competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, August 19, 2008. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

Percussionists hit their Fou drums at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 8, 2008. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

A girl in Beijing carries the Chinese national flag to celebrate the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 16, 2008. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

A team of Beijing Olympics volunteers from Shanghai University of Sport pose for a photo in front of the Bird's Nest. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]