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8Asians.com: Beijing begins Olympic countdown

  • Ben · 2 years ago
    “In a year’s time …. the century-long dream of the Chinese people will come true.”

    Well, it's not a dream for all Chinese. Apparently some Beijing residents ordered to move to make way for Olympics-related infrastructure projects are willing to down fighting:

    http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/03/news/bei...
  • akrypti · 2 years ago
    Hey John -
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_as...

    "China said Wednesday it had found pesticides, poisonous weeds, and dirt in shipments of imported U.S. soybeans, and a toy industry representative said U.S. manufacturer Mattel Inc. was partly to blame for lead tainting that caused massive toy recalls."

    You should post about it!!