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Re: HOuse for rent in Beijing, Olympic Travel Posted on: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:07:30 +0000 (UTC)

On Dec 20, 3:31 am, PeterL wrote:
> On Dec 19, 11:32 am, grusl wrote:
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> > On Dec 19, 11:18 pm, PeterL wrote:
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> > > On Dec 19, 2:41 am, grusl wrote:
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> > > > I'm betting that [Beijing] will be one of the most poorly attended Olympics
> > > > in recent times, if you discount compulsory attendance by cheering
> > > > rent-a-crowds.
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> > > The reason is?
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> > I just don't see people wanting to go to Beijing. It's a vast
> > unfriendly construction site for unnecessary shopping malls, even
> > without a massive overbearing security operation. Plus its government
> > has a nasty reputation: we'll see how many non-Chinese gold medal
> > contenders fall ill mysteriously. And the Olympics are generally a
> > fading drug-addled diversion of public money. I'm lucky to be here at
> > the time, where there'll be little discussion, unless India looks like
> > it could salvage a bronze in shooting or archery.
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> You have not been keeping with the Olympics have you? Overbearing
> security operations are now the norm at all future Olympics. People
> who go to these things will go, and this will be one huge Olympics
> esp. with the security and people have less fear of a terrorist attack.- Hide quoted text -
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I doubt very much that there'll be any kind of disruption, but we'll
see how the foreign visitor numbers shape up. No, I won't be watching.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore