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AUG 28, 2008
Chinese Nationalism
Daily Yomiuri Online
In an age in which the meaning of socialism seems to have lost much of its substance, the Olympics have, without a doubt, proved that nationalism can be used as a basis to unite the people as one country.
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AUG 28, 2008
China’s Image
The Heritage Foundation
The Beijing Olympics are now part of history. The question is how they will be viewed. Olympic history has had some extraordinary highs and lows, and of course Chinese leaders would like the just concluded extravaganza to take its place among the soaring successes. The category in which China competed, that of major leading international nations and the gold medal prize, was "the respect of the world." When it comes to spin control, image crafting, and all of the arts of the PR business, the Chinese won hands down.
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AUG 27, 2008
Olympic Metal Counts and Economics
Financial Post
Before the Beijing 2008 Games, some economists said they could use economic statistics to predict how well a country would do at the Olympics. Bloomberg has lined up data showing each nation's share of global domestic product, compared with that nation's medal count. By this measure, the U.S. certainly punched beneath its weight at the Olympics, while China was pretty much in line with expectations.
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AUG 27, 2008
Rio Tinto Expects Post-Olympic Chinese Boom
The Times Online
Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, said: “We do not see a country-wide slowdown and expect the Chinese economy to pick up post-Olympics.”
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AUG 27, 2008
Will China Nurse an ‘Olympics Hangover’?
Daily News and Analysis
Virtually every country that has hosted an Olympics since the Second World War has seen its GDP growth fall in the year following the quadrennial event. This year too, as China’s economy shows signs of slowing down in response to a sharp slowdown in its principal export markets - the US and Europe - it appears that the ‘Olympics curse’ on the host nations will come true.
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