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The Olympic torch was welcomed by cheering children amid tight security in Beijing, China on March 31. The flame was escorted off a plane emblazoned with "Journey of Harmony" and passed on to officials in a tightly choreographed display outside the gleaming new airport terminal, where groups of children waved Chinese and Olympic flags. The flame, encased in a lantern, was officially welcomed at a formal ceremony at Tiananmen Square.

 
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