via WikipediaAll the Olympic conversation, apart from the sport
"The dull boom of shells being fired in the layers of smog hanging the city echoed through streets around midnight last night as Chinese meteorologists attempted to improve the air over Beijing." - You
"China's leaders, who have have long enjoyed a close relationship with Zimbabwe's beleagured president, feared growing protests in the run-up to the Games and so leaned on Mr Mugabe to agree to the historic talks which began on Thursday." - You
"In a marketplace already saturated with images of sports in action, highlighting athletes' parents is helping a few Chinese advertisers stand out from the chest-thumping crowd. Coca-Cola has aired a TV ad featuring parents of famous athletes such as diver Guo Jing Jing." - You
"His target has been two of the nation's most widely read and combative newspapers, the Southern Weekend and the Southern Metropolis Daily, which he has accused of exploiting the calamitous May earthquake, the coming Beijing Olympics, and reports of riots and murder to push liberal Western ideas." - You
"Beijing has had Olympic fever for the best part of seven years. The mascots are everywhere. Commercial advertising has been ditched in favour of Olympic branding. " - You
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"The [China] society [for human rights studies] spokeswoman Xiong Lei said Amnesty reports "always say that China's human rights situation is getting worse, but that is contrary to the feeling of most Chinese people." "We do feel that we have problems, but we are solving them and the human rights situaton is getting better and better," Ms Xiong told the BBC. " - You
