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Article: The fun and games
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
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In just four days, the eyes of the world will be on the "Birds
Nest" - the National Olympic Stadium - in Beijing, where the 29th
Olympic Games will begin with due pomp, ceremony and extravagance.
The event, spanning opening and closing ceremonies and 16 days of
competition, is supposed to showcase China's emergence as an
economic superpower, its progress in lifting living standards across
its 1.3 billion people and its growing role in international
politics - plus, of course, its ability to host many thousands of
top athletes, officials and spectators drawn to the world's largest
sporting festival.
A successful Olympic Games - one target is to beat the United
States' gold medal haul - ...
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