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Feature: Overseas media ponder how China will showcase self at Olympic opening ceremony

By Sportswriter Chen Jian

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Who will light the cauldron at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night?

Liu Xiang? Xu Haifeng? Li Ning? He Zhenliang? Yao Ming?

One big name after another was mentioned and then excluded as a heated discussion was spreading in the office of U.S. publication Sports Illustrated at the Main Press Center.

"I still think Yao Ming has a fat chance to light the flame," said Craig Neff, assistant managing editor of the iconic weekly magazine.

The giant Houston Rockets center could have missed the glory of lighting the flame at the opening ...

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