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SEP 1, 2008
China’s Winning Olympic Spirit
The Boston Globe
Now that the Olympics has come to a successful end, China has impressed the world by its efforts to turn a highly politicized and competitive event into a harmonious experience for the world.
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AUG 28, 2008
Welcome Back From Beijing
Vanguard
The thinking of the West might have been that in hosting the Olympics, China would; at least, reveal an appreciable amount of her hidden parts like, for instance, the motivations of her philosophy, or the projection of her ideologies. Well, the Beijing Olympics have come and gone, as they say, and what have we discovered?
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AUG 27, 2008
Olympics Reveal East-West Divide
Channel NewsAsia.com
In 1889 British author Rudyard Kipling intoned, "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet/Till Earth and Sky stand present at God's great Judgment Seat." Do this month's games falsify or affirm Kipling's geocultural assessment? As someone who has attended and studied several games and gained backstage access to Olympic officials, the recent events in Beijing confirmed the verity of Kipling's verse.
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AUG 26, 2008
Faster, Higher, Stronger: What the Olympics Means to China’s Women
News Blaze
It may sound ironic, but attitudes, which were prevalent in feudal China, are responsible for the amazing success of Chinese women in the sporting arena today.
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AUG 26, 2008
China Braces For Return to Normality
ABC (Australia)
The Beijing Olympics have been declared "truly exceptional". But after seven years of preparations and a grand event Olympics mania is now dissipating in the Chinese capital.
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