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SEP 6, 2008
A Glorious Opening in Beijing
BBC Sport
The organisers of the Beijing Paralympics had long promised a Games of equal splendour to the Olympics and Saturday's spectacular opening ceremony has set a high benchmark for the rest of the competition.
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SEP 5, 2008
Prejudice & the Paralympics
The Independent
It is not until you are inside the Paralympic Village itself that you see a single Chinese person in a wheelchair or one with any other obvious disabilities; China's 83 million disabled are a largely invisible presence in a country where disabilities are viewed as a source of shame in some families, particularly in urban areas, and where discrimination is widespread.
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SEP 5, 2008
Paralympic Boon to China’s Disabled
Los Angeles Times
If the Summer Olympics were a coming-out party for China as a whole, the Paralympic Games will be an even greater event for the country's disabled. In preparation for the 11-day international competition that opens Saturday, Beijing is being retrofitted with ramps for wheelchairs and street crossing signals for the blind. The city also has acquired 2,000 "kneeling buses."
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SEP 3, 2008
Dazzled By The Energy, Warmth And Curiosity Of China
The Londoner
Gord Hume shares his impressions of the immense contrasts of the Olympic host. The Olympics were a triumph for China. Veteran Olympic observers told me it was the best-organized games ever. While security was sometimes a little exuberant and the food available at the events was awful, the overall experience was exhilarating.
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SEP 2, 2008
China: Not Lost In Translation
Blaze News
For the first time in Olympic history a private company - Beijing Yuanpei Century Translation Co. Ltd. - has been contracted for official translation and interpretation services. With linguistic resources from Peking University, a team of 600 professional translators of the company would be working round-the-clock during the games. This in addition to the Olympics Volunteer Programme which has enrolled over 400,000 English-speaking recruits to combat the influx of foreigners.
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