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Article: OLYMPICS: ; Even in China, ticket scalpers find a way
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- August 10, 2008
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BEIJING - There may be swarms of security volunteers and police
officers posted every 100 feet along Beijing's main roads, but
scalpers are still managing to find unguarded pieces of sidewalk to
tout the hottest tickets in town.
"Oh-limp-ick-uh tickets!" says a man in broken English, leaning
by a tree. As the Olympic Games launch in the Chinese capital,
scalpers are selling the coveted sporting billets despite threats of
being sent to labor camps if caught.
"Boxing," the man said in Chinese, raising his fists to highlight
the sport. "Track and field," he offered, declining to give his
name.
The police have told Chinese media that ticket scalpers can be
detained for 10 to 15 days, but also ...
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