Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US fast food giant McDonalds, Jim Cantalupo (R) and Charlie Bell (L), McDonalds Chief Operating Officer, gesture following an announcement in Beijing, 26 February 2004. The US-based fast food giant said it intends to nearly double its 600 outlets in China by the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. McDonalds has renewed its sponsorship of the Olympic Games for the next eight years and will open more than 1,000 restaurants throughout China by 2008. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN