Behind the Olympics: Hidden Beijing or what NBC won't tell you

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8-15-2008 @ 2:07PM

Eva said...

"some blue-sky traffic-free English-friendly capitalist paradise."

Hey Jerry, unless they find some hallucinogens, no one visiting Beijing is going to think blue skies enter into it! :D

I just got back, and still managed to nearly get killed by the traffic repeatedly, in between wandering around in search of someone who spoke English. I'm sure the authorities did their best, but they couldn't clean it all up in time for the Games...

My take here:
http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/first_impressions_in_beijing_not_so_sanitized_after_all_20080808/

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