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China Waves the Flag

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May 05, 2008
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To the surprise and irritation of the Beijing government, China is finding that the Olympic torch relay has been a propaganda failure not just in the west but in much of Asia as well.

The large and unruly demonstrations with which pro-Tibet and assorted other demonstrators greeted the torch in London, Paris and elsewhere have not happened here. But many …

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