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On July 13th 2001 the IOC elected Beijing to be the host of the Olympic Games in 2008. Beijing was selected over its competitors Paris, Toronto, Osaka and Istanbul. The slogan of the games is “One World, One Dream” and there are three main themes:Green Olympic Games , High-Tech Olympic Games and the People‘s Olympic Games.