The Torch comes to Nanjing
June 1, 2008

 Spectators watch the Olympic torch pass by during the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
Spectators watch the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
Spectators, including one in the trees, watch the Olympic torch pass by during the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
Spectators watch the Olympic torch pass by during the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
Seen on a screen in a subway train, government officials light the Olympic torch at the beginning of the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. The train was filled with people going to attend the Olympic Torch Relay as spectators.
Police keep the road clear and watches the crowd of spectators during the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
People look through Olympic- and Chinese-themed t-shirts sold by street vendors near the route of the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
A police helicopter flies above the Olympic torch during the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
Spectators return home after the completion of the southern portion of the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
A woman sells Chinese flags and other nationalist items to spectators watching the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
Spectators watch the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. The man’s t-shirt depicts the shape of China drawn to look like the Chinese flag.
T-shirts bearing the logo “I heart China” or “I love China” and the 2008 Beijing Olympic logo lay in a pile for sale near the route of the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. .
Spectators stand on a street cleaning truck as they watch the Nanjing, China, leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
A man looks at Chinese and Olympic flags for sale from a street vendor on a street corner in Nanjing, China, the night before the Olympic Torch Relay arrives in Nanjing.
In late spring 2008, the Olympic torch made its way through the outskirts of Nanjing, China, as part of the domestic route of the international torch relay in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Crowds were estimated to be about 1 million strong, though a great many of them never managed to catch a glimpse of the torch itself. I was about 50 feet away from the torch at one point and, through the pandemonium, couldn't make out where the torch was.
 
You can see more images from this at my photo archive: China Olympic Torch Relay - Nanjing

Amity Printing Company: World’s largest Bible producer
May 30, 2008

 Newly-finished Bibles come out of a book covering machine in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Press technicians check the quality of Bible pages as they come off a new printing press in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Amity Printing Company employees place and glue bookmark ribbons into newly-bound Bibles in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China…On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
An Amity Printing Company employee arranges newly-printed Bible pages in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China. On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
An Amity Printing Company employee binds Bible pages in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China…On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Amity Printing Company employees check the quality of printed Bible pages in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Amity Printing Company employees place and glue bookmark ribbons into newly-bound Bibles in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China…On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Visiting dignitaries look at picture Bible pages printed in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Pages of newly-printed Biblical imagery sit on palettes in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
Amity Printing Company employee arranges newly-printed English Standard Version Holy Bibles for shipment in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
A press technician checks the quality of pages coming off of a press in the Amity Printing Company’s new printing facility in Nanjing, China….On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company’s Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal “house churches.”
On May 18, 2008, the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, inaugurated its new printing facility in southern Nanjing. The facility doubles the printing capacity of the company, now up to 12 million Bibles produced in a year, making Amity Printing Company the largest producer of Bibles in the world. The company, in cooperation with the international organization the United Bible Societies, produces Bibles for both domestic Chinese use and international distribution. The company's Bibles are printed in Chinese and many other languages. Within China, the Bibles are distributed both to registered and unregistered Christians who worship in illegal "house churches." The Amity Printing Company is the only company allowed to publish Christian Bibles in China and has produced more than 50 million Bibles since beginning printing in 1987. The Amity Foundation, a Chinese charity founded in 1985 with the express purpose of promoting education, health, social welfare, and rural development in China, oversees the Amity Printing Company.
You can see more images at my photo archive: Amity Printing Company - Chinese Bible Factory

NOTE: I am not affiliated with Amity Printing. Please consult them if you need to have bibles printed. Do not contact me.

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