CNN will be showcasing the Chinese capital from August 4 – 12 in Countdown Beijing, a dedicated week of pre-Olympic Games coverage from the city including interviews, reports and an online special. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout will report live from locations around Beijing for the morning news program CNN Today. Andrew Stevens reports live for evening prime-time show World News Asia. Beijing correspondent John Vause will also report from the capital and beyond on the impact of the XXIX Olympiad. Talk Asia, CNN’s interview program hosted by Anjali Rao, will feature Olympic and artistic personalities including Olympic Ambassador Yang Lan and Chinese female athlete Deng Yaping. Other features include an interview with Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron, designers of the ‘Birds Nest’ national stadium and the ‘Water Cube’ aquatics centre, the daily routine of Chinese gold medal favourite Guo Jingjing, as well as the city’s plans to clean up the air. Programming airing through the week is expected to reach more than 200 million households worldwide.