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AUG 27, 2008
China’s Olympic Run – Part I
YaleGlobal Online
In the first article of the series, veteran correspondent Mary Kay Magistad explores the two-prong theme of the Beijing Olympics: For the global audience, Chinese leaders stressed global cooperation and peace. For the domestic audience, “It was about rallying the nation around a common cause, of earning international respect and admiration for China.” A population of more than 1 billion mobilizing around a common goal is a major accomplishment. The accomplishment will be even more impressive if China continues to direct full energy to resolving other challenges, both local and global, in peaceful ways.
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AUG 27, 2008
Olympic Torch Out; PetroChina Left With Pools Of Oil
Forbes.com
China stepped up refined oil shipments from abroad in May to bolster its stockpile for the Olympics, which ended Aug. 24, and in the process became a net gasoline/diesel importer for the first time. This importing spree is likely to end in the fall, as the close of the Summer Games spells surplus inventories of gasoline and diesel. A slackening of demand in the world’s second-biggest oil consumer may help ease upward pressure on global oil prices.
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AUG 26, 2008
With Beijing Olympics Finished, China Needs to Exemplify ‘Harmony’
Mainichi Daily News
Now that the festivities have ended, how will China's rising nationalism be channeled? Throughout China, commodity prices are soaring, stock prices are declining, and clashes between citizens and police are growing more frequent. A stagnant economy will light a match to that society's dormant frustrations.
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AUG 26, 2008
Learn from the Chinese
The Times of India
In two years’ time, New Delhi will host the Commonwealth Games. The question of whether they will be ready is important. Sports shows are branding exercises. The world sits up and notices when you host a successful sporting event. The Beijing Olympics have been yet more evidence of China’s prowess as an economic power.
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AUG 26, 2008
A Biblical Seven Years
The New York Times
Olympics don’t change history. They are mere snapshots — a country posing in its Sunday bests for all the world too see. But, as snapshots go, the one China presented through the Olympics was enormously powerful — and it’s one that Americans need to reflect upon this election season.
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