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China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

Beijing tried to impress, not deal with deeper issues

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 26, 2008 5:27 PM CDT

(Newser) – Beijing's new Olympic buildings will impress the world at first glance, Paul Goldberger writes in the New Yorker. The National Stadium boasts a lattice of crisscrossing beams, and the blue-gray Aquatic Center seems underwater with its translucent plastic pillows. But peel back the paint, and...   Read full story »

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