China IDC Circle reported on July 21st that with the approaching of the Olympic Games, the news of network closure during the Olympics has been gradually confirmed. It is reported that the time of network closure has also been determined. For the Olympic cities (Beijing, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao), the period will be from July 20th, 2008 to September 20th, 2008; for other non-Olympic cities, it will be from August 1st, 2008 to August 25th, 2008.