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...residents knew exactly how many golds their compatriots had racked up - and were slightly miffed when foreign media questioned whether several medal-winning Chinese gymnasts might be underage. Polite applause for foreign competitors occasionally degenerated into boos, or, just as bad, half-empty stadiums for events in which China wasn't favored. By the end of the closing ceremony, it was clear: Yes, the world had been invited to watch Beijing 2008. But this was China's Olympics. The rest of the world was just a bystander...
...Chinese Communist Party wasn't explicitly mentioned, but since it holds virtually all of the power in China, the articles are clearly about curtailing the Party's all-pervasive reach and allowing the Chinese people some wiggle room. Anything that touches on limiting the power of the Party is extremely sensitive - and often very dangerous. So amid the euphoria of the Olympics, it was pretty gutsy of Southern Window to publish stories with headlines like, "When Administrative Power Obstructs the Law" and "Putting Boxing Gloves on Police Powers...
...greener pastures of Delaware - it fell into a deep depression and has only just begun to crawl out. "When the city started to decline and the coal industry moved out, we suffered," says Barone. "The streets were a mess. The sidewalks were falling into the ground. It wasn't the prettiest thing...
...wasn't suggesting it as a negative thing. I was just saying that...
...pretty dry. The closest thing to red meat came from Schweitzer, and it wasn't very red: "We simply can't drill our way to energy independence, even if you drilled in all of John McCain's backyards - including the ones he can't even remember." The relentless inclusion, in virtually every speech, of a vague and sketchy story about Americans fallen on hard times, lost whatever power it may have had by early evening, at the latest...