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China accused of breaking Games pledges (Financial Times)
"Coach Foppe de Haan said his side had trained in a special gym back home to prepare them for the hot and humid conditions in Hong Kong and the mainland, but he admitted there was no way of replicating the smog." - You
"I take back my gripes about paying Accor hotels US $30 a night for Internet access. We have a new winner, namely the Beijing Olympics Media Village." - You
"Along Wangfujing, though, it's hard to see a disadvantage for Nike. All of the billboards, including the Adidas ones featuring the Chinese women's volleyball team, have been replaced with Beijing '08 signage." - You
Buyers, quality-assurance staff and factory inspectors are all finding it harder to enter the country and business people based in China say they face new hurdles in renewing their documentation. Though the government says that multiple-entry visas are still available, few people seem able to acquire them. - You
"We will implement an emergency plan 48 hours in advance if the air quality deteriorates during the August 8-24 Games." - You
Sun Weijia, director of the Media Operations Department of the Beijing organizing committee, didn't address the incidents at the Sunday news conference, but he said that Beijing had "created a very good and very free regulation environment." - You
"My hunch is that this is a media driven operation, " says Nicholas Becquelin, chief China researcher for New York-based Human Rights Watch. "The goal is to help it to recruit people to the cause or attract attention" at a time when the eyes of the world are focused on China." - You
