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Live Blogging: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

August 8th, 2008 · 17 Comments

YJ is out running around the city as Tianjin’s answer to Brenda Starr, I’m here in The Studio with CCTV on the television, NBC on the Sling Box, and a fridge full of diet coke. I was thinking of wandering out of the hutong to join the madness, but I decided to bunker down and [...]

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Tags: 2008 Olympics · Beijing Journal