16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010

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A worker raise a flag in front of the comprehensive stadium where sports events as gymnastics, squash and billiard will be held at the Asian Games Town, a half-hour outside the city center in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The Asian Games get underway in one month's time in this leafy city of urban bustle and charming alleyways, bringing together more than 11,500 athletes competing in 42 sports.

Signboards are erected in front of the comprehensive stadium at the Asian Games Town.
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A worker cleans the floor in front of the Comprehensive Stadium built for the Asian Games in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou October 12, 2010.​

 

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A driver wait in front of the Main Press Center and International Broadcast Center building at the Asian Games Town.

A security guard and a worker stand at the entrace to the Asian Games media centre in front of the media village in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou October 12, 2010, thirty days before the event officially starts.​

 

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A decoration in the shape of a torch is displayed outside the Asian Games athlete village in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou October 12, 2010.

Asian Games mascots are displayed outside the Asian Games media village in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou October 12, 2010.​

 

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Chinese honour guards hold the Olympic Council of Asia flag outside the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on October 12, 2010, to kick off the Asian Games torch relay. Chinese President Hu Jintao launched the Asian Games torch relay in central Beijing, kicking off a 21-city nationwide trek that will end in Guangzhou for the start of the event on November 12.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, center in red tie, walks ahead of Olympic Council of Asia President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, left, as they attend the torch relay ceremony for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games held at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010.

Chinese President Hu Jintao holds the torch during the torch lighting ceremony of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Game at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, October 12, 2010 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency.​

 

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Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, watches as the first torch bearer, Zhang Lin prepares to run at the start of a torch relay ceremony for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games held at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China on Oct. 12, 2010.​

 

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Chinese paramilitary policemen form up during drills conducted ahead of the Asian Games at a training base in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. Tens of thousands of security personnel will be deployed to ensure the security of the games which begins Nov. 12. (AP Photo)​

 

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Chinese paramilitary policemen train to subdue protesters during drills conducted ahead of the Asian Games at a training base in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province.

Police dogs and their handlers take part in an anti-riot drill at a police dog training base in Taiyuan, Shanxi province November 1, 2010. A total of 80 police dogs from this base will go to Guangzhou to reinforce the security of the upcoming 16th Asian Games which will be held between November 12-27, local media reported.​

 

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A general view of the Guangzhou TV Tower during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 on November 6, 2010 in Guangzhou, China.​

 

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Fireworks explode from the Guangzhou TV Tower during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 on November 6, 2010 in Guangzhou, China.​

 

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Security personnel take pictures near the Guangzhou TV Tower during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 on November 6, 2010 in Guangzhou, China.​

 

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A general view of Media Village ahead of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010.

A general view of Main Press Centre ahead of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010.​

 

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Banners for the 16th Asian Games flutter on masts behind pedestrians as they walk past armed policemen standing next to an armoured personnel carrier (APC) outside Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou November 8, 2010. Security was tight in and around the stadium due to the upcoming Asian Games soccer match between Japan and China, being played following recent tensions between the two countries over disputed islands in the South China Sea.​

 

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Chinese Army soldiers survey the football pitch from a nearby rooftop during a Group F first round football match between Oman and the Maldives during the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 at Guangdong Peoples Stadium on November 7, 2010 in Guangzhou, China.​

 

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A general view of Aoti Aquatics Centre ahead of the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 on November 8, 2010 in Guangzhou, China.​

 

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The Japanese team photo ahead of a Group A first round football match between Japan and China during the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 at Tianhe Stadium on November 8, 2010 in Guangzhou, China.​

 

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Chinese fans cheer for their team with a national flag during the group football match between Japan and China at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 8, 2010. Japan aim to put a diplomatic row with China behind them at the Asian Games, sports chiefs said on November 7.​

 

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Police officers sit in a line at the end of each row of Chinese spectators during the group football match between Japan and China at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 8, 2010. Japanese and Chinese fans were seperated during the match to prevent anything untoward amid tension that has persisted between the two countries since Japan arrested a Chinese trawler captain for allegedly ramming two Japanese coastguard ships near disputed islands in the East China Sea in September.​

 

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Japanese fans cheer as a line of police (R) maintain their seperation from the Chinese fans at the end of the men's group football match between Japan and China at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 8, 2010. Japan won 3-0.

Japanese players celebrate their victory over China during the men's group football match between Japan and China at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 8, 2010.

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Athletes from Singapore ride in a golf cart (L) as Chinese woman cross the street at the athletes' village for the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 9, 2010. The 2010 Asian Games are held in Guangzhou, China, from November 12-27 and will be the biggest ever, with 45 countries and territories taking part in 42 sports.​