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Will China’s Olympics be a success?

Published: February 19 2008 12:10 | Last updated: February 22 2008 15:16

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This year’s Beijing Olympic games will be China’s biggest ever international event and has been billed as the “coming-out party” for a new global power. Yet despite Beijing’s wish to use the games to showcase the country’s economic success, cultural splendours and modernisation ambitions, the focus from overseas has been elsewhere.

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