Beyond Beijing: China's Toughest Competition

The Nation by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kate Merkel-Hess | Aug. 9, 2008 (Opinion)

The most important reason to look beyond Beijing is simple: the Chinese regime realized from the start that domestically, the games cannot achieve what it wants them to achieve if they are seen as a just the capital's affair. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Aug 9, 2008 - 4:54 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), robert rothman (review), Randy Morrow (review), Roberto Escardo (review)
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 1, 2008
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 by robert rothman - Oct. 1, 2008

Overall, a fairly decent article. But, what about the little thing that China is still a totalartarian/police state? And will be till gosh knows when. The writer barely skims the surface on the that 'little' point.

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