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Old August 20th, 2008, 02:05 AM
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Mistreated Tai chi performers at the olympics

I did a search for an article that seems to cover the report I heard on the radio.


Olympic artists angry - Aftenposten.no
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I didn't expect much else from the Chinese gov/ organisation to be honest
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Not suprised by the Chinese goverment, but I was suprised the Olympic committee let it happen.
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I'm more surprised that we actually get to hear and see *some* of the bad things that happened
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