Olympic Information Center: links on 19 August

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Chinese Reaction to Liu Xiang Withdrawing From Olympics | chinaSMACK

Olympic Star Is Sidelined. Will His Ads Be, as Well? - NYTimes.com

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China jumps Olympics air hurdle

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“Longing for the end of the Olympic games and return to business as usual”

Coke Pins China Hopes On Blitz in Beijing - WSJ.com

China Media Project » Blog Archive » Readers take journalists to task for “fake” terror plot story

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“Propaganda on the BBC: London 2012 expects an upsurge in tourism. Even when they avoid visa and other security problems, they might be wrong”

Shanghai Scrap » Empty Olympic seats? I’ll show you empty seats.

No Escape Beijing Olympics 2008: The Olympification of the Streets (CBRevuews)

Olympic Information Center: links on 18 August (China Herald)