The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Baise started at 9:38 a.m. on Sunday at the Culture Garden in Southwestern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the first leg run by schoolmaster Zhou Biaoliang.

 Torchbearer Zhou Biaoliang displays the torch at the launching ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Baise, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 8, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Torchbearer relays the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Baise, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 8, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)