China receives assistance from former Olympic hosting countries: Sydney and Athens.

Greece spent a record 1.5 billion US dollars on security for the 2004 Olympics, the first summer games since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The Greeks also received regular security advice from several countries, including the United States and Britain. Besides security issues, the Beijing organizers will get more support from Australia as the permanent China representative office of Sydney-Beijing Olympic Secretariat (SBOS) was set up Tuesday.

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