Olympic Information Center: links on 27 July

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All the Olympic conversation, apart from the sport

Uygur activists question new outfit's abilities (SCMP)

Records Say Chinese Gymnasts May Be Under Age (NY Times)

Smogwatch (Reuters)

Video: China Downplays Claims of a Jihad (China Digital Times)

At least the Islamic threat, if any, seems more serious in India than in China - You

Reporters vent fury at great firewall of China (Sydney Morning Herald)

Beijing Air May Cause Heart Attacks (KMBC)

China’s Agony of Defeat (Newsweek)

The Hong Kong Reporters Deserve To Be Beaten? (ESWN)

12 Days to Beijing Games. Bird Nest Barely Visible (AllroadsleadtoChina)

Air pollution in Beijing worsens (AP)

Beijing's Olympic village opens (BBC)

BEIJING LOCKDOWN (Globe and Mail)

A Long Wait at the Gate to Greatness (Washington Post)

22 hours ago - Comment - More

"Ever since I returned to the United States in 2004 from my last posting to China, as this newspaper's Beijing bureau chief, I've been struck by the breathless way we talk about that country. So often, our perceptions of the place have more to do with how we look at ourselves than with what's actually happening over there" - You

Meteorologist part of Canada's Olympic team (Canada.com)

Beijing says thickening haze looks worse than it really is (McClatchy newspapers)

"Du suggested that much of the visibility problem was moisture in the air, and could be likened to looking through steam "while taking a bath in the bathroom." "It's not necessarily pollution," he said." - You

Securing the Olympics (The China Beat)

Olympic Information Center: links on 26 July (China Herald)