lanes, 0lympic vehicles move between zones. special high speed trains also connect to the city and the mountain venues. to get an idea of the scale of this, let s have a look ata map. there are three main bubble areas one in downtown beijing, one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province, with bubble transport in between. but it s even more complicated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones. this 5 star hotel, for example, is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in the street they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events and then, after that, leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly, some inside the bubbles, some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer
ata map. there are three main bubble areas one in downtown beijing, one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province, with bubble transport in between. but it s even more complicated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones. this 5 star hotel, for example, is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in the street they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events then, after that, leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly, some inside the bubbles, some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can.
attached to the main ones. this 5 star hotel, for example, is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in street they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic those staying there won t meet anyone out here in the street thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly, some inside the bubbles, some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2,000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing
some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2,000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. as for the public, they may not be able to buy olympic tickets, but at least they can watch the games on television during this lunar new year holiday. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.
If the story of the 2008 Olympics was all about Beijing and its new modernity, the story of these Olympics is about China s urban-rural divide and the challenge of transforming some of the poorest and most remote areas of the country and providing them with a state-of-the-art transport infrastructure ensuring their connectivity with the rest of China.