( BBC )- Torch lit in Olympia on 24 March and taken on five-day relay around Greece to Athens
After handover ceremony, it is taken to Beijing on 31 March to begin a journey of 136,800 km ( 85,000 miles) around the world Torch arrives in Macao on 3 May.
After three-month relay all around China, it arrives in Beijing for opening ceremony on 8 August.