Olympics Mark China's 'Coming of Age'

                   
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pbs.org     May 17, 2008            

China's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics thrust the Asian nation into the international spotlight and is viewed by many inside the country as a way to showcase how far the communist regime has come in opening up to the world over the past few decades. [read full story]                    

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US military planes deliver aid to quake-hit China (AFP)

yahoo.com     May 18, 2008          

CHENGDU, China (AFP) - Two US military planes carrying aid flew Sunday into southwestern China, the first time Beijing has accepted help from foreign troops since the earthquake struck, officials said. The C-17 aircraft carrying food, electricity generators, blankets and other goods flew into...                    

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China's quake calms Olympic controversies by deflating contentiousness

iht.com     May 18, 2008          

China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred residents who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. In less dramatic ways, the disaster is shifting perceptions between China and the world, deflating the contentiousness building up around the games.                    

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Quake response tests China's place in world

montereyherald.com     May 18, 2008          

JUYUAN, China — At China's moment of maximum exposure, it is facing the ultimate tests. The year 2008 has loomed without equal on China's horizon since the day in 2001 that it won the chance to host the Olympics Games and showcase its national transformation.                    

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China earthquake calms Olympic controversies

usatoday.com     May 18, 2008          

By Charles Hutzler, Associated Press BEIJING — China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred residents who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. The authoritarian Chinese government's rapid, full-throttle rescue and the unprecedented flow of news it has...                    

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Olympic Spectacle

realclearpolitics.com     May 18, 2008          

Dan Blumenthal asserts: "The Olympics will not pry China open. The Communist Party's repressive techniques will grow stronger thanks to Western technology and training." Jacques deLisle counters: "The Olympics are likely to have a modestly positive impact on freedom, civil and political rights,...                    

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China can take Olympics in stride

delawareonline.com     May 18, 2008          

The government has made every effort to ensure that these are "the best games ever." China has invested some $40 billion in 14 new venues and another dozen or so upgrades -- more than twice as much as the $16 billion Greece paid to prepare Athens for the 2004 Summer Games. Beijing's announcement...                    

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Opening China

almendron.com     May 18, 2008          

By Peter M. Herford, a teacher journalism at Shantou University (THE WASHINGTON POST, 17/05/08): A small group of doctors and nurses just left for Chengdu loaded down with medicines to help in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake. This scene of homegrown assistance has been repeated all over...                    

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China's quake calms Olympic controversies

baynews9.com     May 18, 2008          

By CHARLES HUTZLER BEIJING (AP) -- China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred Chinese who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. In less dramatic ways, the disaster is shifting perceptions between China and the world, deflating the contentiousness building...                    

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A jolt to China's bedrock: Facing heightened international scrutiny and feeling the weight of its...

pennnet.com     May 18, 2008          

Chicago Tribune (May 18, 2008) JUYUAN, China -- In another era, Chinese citizens would have asked whether these epic trials, particularly an earthquake in which 50,000 people are feared dead, might signal that the Communist Party had lost what the ancient Chinese called "the mandate of heaven" --...                    

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China is in a year of exposure, facing ultimate tests

charlotte.com     May 18, 2008          

At China's moment of maximum exposure, it is facing the ultimate tests.The year 2008 has loomed without equal on China's horizon ever since the day in 2001 that it won the chance to host the Olympics Games and showcase its national transformation.Not yet midway through the year, 2008 has been...                    

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