' s ▁College , ▁Oxford ▁Category : English ▁at he ists <0x0A> </s> ▁During ▁the ▁Par ade ▁of ▁Nations ▁at ▁the ▁opening ▁ceremony ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Summer ▁Par al ym pic ▁Games , ▁athlet es ▁from ▁each ▁particip ating ▁country ▁par aded ▁in ▁the ▁stad ium , ▁preced ed ▁by ▁their ▁flag . ▁The ▁flag ▁was ▁bor ne ▁by ▁a ▁sport sp erson ▁from ▁that ▁country ▁chosen ▁either ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Par al ym pic ▁Committee ▁or ▁by ▁the ▁athlet es ▁themselves ▁to ▁represent ▁their ▁country . ▁It ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁great ▁honour ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁country ' s ▁flag ▁in ▁the ▁Par ade ▁of ▁Nations . ▁ ▁Par ade ▁order ▁Per ▁tradition , ▁the ▁host ▁country , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China , ▁march ed ▁last ▁however ▁contrary ▁to ▁tradition ▁in ▁the ▁Olympic ▁Games ▁the ▁national ▁team ▁of ▁Greece ▁did ▁not ▁enter ▁first . ▁All ▁other ▁nations ▁march ed ▁in ▁name ▁order ▁in ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁host ▁nation , ▁which ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁is ▁the ▁Chinese ▁language . ▁As ▁Chinese ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁characters ▁and ▁not ▁letters , ▁the ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁teams ' ▁entry ▁was ▁determined ▁by ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁stro kes ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁character ▁of ▁their ▁respective ▁countries ' ▁Sim pl ified ▁Chinese ▁names . ▁▁ ▁Count ries ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁of ▁stro kes ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁character ▁are ▁sorted ▁by ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁character . ▁This ▁made ▁Guinea ▁( <0xE5> <0x87> <0xA0> 内 <0xE4> <0xBA> <0x9A>