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"Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew asked me sharply if we’d report the Olympics fairly. I replied that China’s Xinhua news agency had already quoted my assertion that we would! (I think if you read all our coverage you’ll see that we are applying our usual, global standards of good journalism to everything we do here)." - You
"Between April and June 2007, China expelled more than 100 Christian missionaries, several of whom had been living in China for at least 15 years. China's Foreign Ministry did not comment on the expulsion. But it has been widely assumed that the decision was related to the Olympics and may have been a strike against any potential on-the-ground infrastructure to support the Olympic missionary influx." - You
". I did a quick check of availability at several Beijing hotels today, and most still have rooms and are cutting their prices. " - You
"As the International Olympic Committee president prepared to greet more than 80 heads of state who began arriving for Friday’s opening ceremony, poor air quality continued to blight the Chinese capital, reaching levels far in excess of those considered acceptable by the World Health Organisation" - You
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"We must bid farewell to autocracy. Whatever shape it takes, whatever justification it gives, authoritarian government always ends up trampling on equality, denying justice and stealing happiness and laughter from the people." - You
