Olympic torch finishes tour of Taian

Bi Wenjing, an Uneven Bars runner-up at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, reached the Tiandi Square at the foot of Mount Tai and lit the cauldron at 12:43 p.m., drawing an end to the Taian leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in eastern China's Shandong Province. [Full story]

Taian overview

Located in the center of Shandong Province, Tai'an lies at the southern foot of Mount Tai (Taishan) and adjoins Jinan to the north, Qufu to the south, the Yellow River to the west, and Zibo to the east. [Full story]