Olympic Games show China through a glass, darkly | Jonathan Fenby - Times Online - The Diigo Meta page

• 30 Jul 08
  

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  • The array of venues, the gleaming new buildings, the urban infrastructure installed for the Games, will also reflect the genuine pride of a nation that, while still far from rich by Western standards, has made more people better off in a shorter time than any country in human history.
  • A curfew has been slapped on bars; entertainers must submit scripts for advance approval; three rings of security checks have been thrown round the capital. Sites have been set aside for demonstrations, well away from sporting sites, and participants will have to get permission beforehand.
  • This is not a surprise. China badly needs the Games to be a success, and its natural inclination is to stamp on anything and anybody that might interfere, even if it leads to the “no-fun Olympics”.

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